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Assessment and Management of Stage I to IV Pressure Ulcers

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Assessment and Management of Stage I to IV Pressure Ulcers

Project / Initiative: 
Long-Term Care Best Practices Initiative
Sujets:
Bpg, Pressure ulcers, Ulcers
Type of Guideline: 
Clinical
Statut: 
Published
Publish Date: 
2002
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About this Guideline:

The guideline focuses on three areas of pressure ulcer care:
(1) Practice recommendations, including assessment, planning and interventions
(2) Education recommendations
(3) Organization & policy recommendations

The guideline has relevance to all areas of clinical practice including acute care, chronic care, rehabilitation, community care and long-term care.

Revised: 2007

Downloadable Files:
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Pressure Ulcers I - IV Summary67.15 Ko
Implementation Resources: 
Assessment and Management of Pressure Ulcers - Education Program
Positioning Techniques in Long-Term Care:Self-directed learning package for health care providers
Toolbox for Implementation of a Falls Prevention Program in Long-Term Care
Toolkit: Implementation of Best Practice Guidelines, Second Edition
Translations for this Guideline: 
Accertamento e gestione delle ulcere da pressione dallo stadio I al IV
Valoracion y manejo de las ulceras por presion en los estadios del I al IV
Valutazione & Gestione delle Ulcere da Pressione di Stadio I - IV
Related Projects / Initiatives: 
Long-Term Care Best Practices Initiative
BPG Spotlight Organization: 
Baycrest
CanCare Health Services Inc.
Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
St. Joseph's Health Care, Hamilton
VHA Home HealthCare
Panel Members: 

Development Panel Members - 2007
Kathryn Kozell, RN, BA, MScN, ACNP, ET Team Leader
Nancy Bauer, RN, BA, B.Admin, ET
Donna Flahr, RN, BSN, MSc(c)
Dixie Goetz, RN, BScN, ET, CCN(C)
Rosemary Kohr, RN, PhD, ACNP
Terri Labate, RN, BScN, CRRN, GCN(C)
Fran MacLeod, RN, MScN
Linda Norton, OTReg.(ONT)
Nancy Parslow, RN, ET
Pamela Savage, RN, BA, MAEd, CON(C)
Kevin Woo, RN, MSc, PhD(c), ACNP, GNC(C)
Samantha Mayo, RN, BScN, MN

Development Panel Members - 2002
Susan Mills-Zorzes, RN, BScN, CWOCN (Co-team Leader)
Kathryn Kozell, RN, MScN, ACNP, CNS, ET (Co-team Leader)
Patti Barton, RN, PHN, ET
Nancy Bauer, RN, Hon B.A., B.Comm, CETN
Karen Campbell, RN, MScN, CNS, NP
Dixie Goetz, RN, BScN, ET
Margaret Harrison, RN, PhD
Kelly Kay, RPN
Terri Labate, RN, CRRN, GNC(C)
Fran MacLeod, RN, MScN
Nancy Parslow, RN, E.T.
Kevin Woo, RN, MSC, PhD(C), ACNP, GNC(C)