Pressure injury prevention strategies to improve clinical outcomes

This Evidence Booster examines the impact of implementing RNAO’s Risk Assessment and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers (2011) best practice guideline (BPG) in five long-term care homes in Peel Region, Ontario, Canada.

Peel Long-Term Care demonstrated a consistent pressure injury risk assessment on newly admitted residents and maintained an average of less than 2.5 per cent of residents who developed one or more new stage II to IV pressure injuries.