The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel redefined the definition of a pressure ulcer and the stages of pressure ulcers in 2007, including the original 4 stages and adding 2 stages on deep tissue ...

Pressure ulcers are both a financial and a quality burden to the healthcare system. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) considers stage 3 and 4 ulcers acquired while in the hospital to ...

One important action is to make sure that nursing and admitting staff correctly code patients who arrive at the hospital with an existing pressure ulcer; coding the pressure ulcer as present on ...

Although some hospitals have made progress in reducing pressure ulcers, injuries, catheter-associated urinary tract infections and central line-associated bloodstream infections, there is still a ...

How have the pressure injury staging descriptions changed in light of NPUAPs new guidelines? In addition to the change in terminology from pressure ulcer to injury, NPUAP’s April 13, 2016, press ...

Pressure ulcers are a prevalent and costly yet preventable complication that impacts 2.5 million patients annually in the U.S., according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The ...

Patients with hospital-acquired Stage IV bedsores require acute hospitalization and early surgical debridement, clinitron beds, medical optimization, wound preparation, and reconstructive surgery.” — ...