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EventThis conference focuses on the prevention and management of pressure ulcers including monitoring, reporting and improvement and will focus on Learning from the Inaugural National Pressure Ulcer Prevalence and Quality of Care Audit and reflecting on the challenges of COVID-19. The conference will open with National Developments from the National Wound Care Strategy Programme, learning from the inaugural Stop the Pressure: National Pressure Ulcer Prevalence and Quality of Care Audit and understanding Pressure Ulcers and COVID-19. The conference will continue with a focus on training and educating frontline staff, and an extended masterclass on Pressure Ulcer Assessment, Reporting & Management. Register
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Content ArticlePressure ulcers can be serious and lead to life-threatening complications, such as blood poisoning and gangrene. However, taking some simple steps can reduce the chance of pressure ulcers developing. NICE has produced a quick guide for care home managers.
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Managing the burden of wounds by focusing on prevention
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untilThe NHS spends £8.3 billion a year treating chronic wounds on an estimated 3.8 million people, according to the recently updated study evaluating the “Burden of Wounds” to the NHS. Costs have increased by 48% in the five years since the study was first published and the overwhelming majority of this burgeoning demand, around 80% of the caseload, impacts on community healthcare. This session chaired by Jacqui Fletcher OBE, focusses on managing the burden of wounds by focusing on prevention, and how technology and digitisation will enable a prevention focus. Prof Julian Guest will focus on the costs of wounds with a specific drill down on pressure ulcers and the impact prevention would have. Secondly Una Adderley will discuss the National Wound Care Strategy and the role will have on pressure ulcers prevention. Register -
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Gavin Portier is Head of Nursing Quality at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In this interview, Gavin explains how his approach to auditing has moved beyond measuring negative outcomes, instead focusing on standards of care. -
Content ArticleThis video illustrate the gaps in pressure ulcer detection and tracking across organisations. The panelists discusses the current gaps in practice, proper protocols for current state assessments, and recommendations for organisational pressure ulcer tracking and detection improvement.
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EventChaired by Tina Chambers Past Chair Tissue Viability Society Tissue Viability Consultant, Educator and Advisor & Member, Stop the Pressure Clinical Workstream The National Wound Care Strategy Programme, this conference focuses on the prevention and management of pressure ulcers including monitoring, reporting and improvement and will focus on Learning from the Inaugural National Pressure Ulcer Prevalence and Quality of Care Audit and reflecting on the challenges of COVID-19. The conference will open with a timely presentation from Jacqui Fletcher Clinical Lead The National Wound Care Strategy Programme who will give an update on the NWCSP Stop the Pressure recommendations, plans for improving data and learning from COVID-19. Register
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Content ArticleDr. Donna Prosser, Chief Clinical Officer at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, is joined by a multidisciplinary group of experts, including clinicians, administrators, and patients and family members, to understand the background of pressure ulcer prevention and management, discuss multi-faceted opportunities for organisation-wide improvement, and explore mechanisms for improved patient and family member involvement in prophylaxis. The group will tailor aspects of the dialogue to assess the COVID-19 impact on pressure ulcer prevalence and management.
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Wirral University Teaching Hospital's SSKIN bundle
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Pressure ulcers
SSKIN is a five step approach to preventing and treating pressure ulcers. Wirral University Teaching Hospital is sharing their version of the SSKIN bundle as part of Stop The Pressure Day. They have worked with their Allied Health Professional colleagues on refreshing the bundle for local use. -
Content ArticleThe Patient Safety Authority has put together information and tips for patients on a range of topics.
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Pressure ulcer prevention and management
Patient Safety Learning posted an event in Community Calendar
Dr Donna Prosser, Chief Clinical Officer at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, is joined by a multidisciplinary group of experts, including clinicians, administrators, and patients and family members, to understand the background of pressure ulcer prevention and management, discuss multi-faceted opportunities for organization-wide improvement, and explore mechanisms for improved patient and family member involvement in prophylaxis. The group will tailor aspects of the dialogue to assess the COVID-19 impact on pressure ulcer prevalence and management. Register -
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Patient Safety Authority: Pressure injuries
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Patient management
Pressure injuries are a recognized patient safety concern and meet the definition of a reportable event under the Pennsylvania Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act. The Patient Safety Authority has collated guidelines, tools and resources on pressure injuries. -
Content ArticleBarnsley NHS Trust Head of Nursing Quality Gavin Portier and Patient Safety Learning Founder and Chair Jonathan Hazan sit down to discuss how positive messaging and learning around patient safety produces positive outcomes.
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Pressure Ulcer Path: prevent and treat step by step
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Pressure ulcers
Research has shown that frontline staff understand the dangers of pressure sores but experience significant challenges in their attempts to prevent them. The research, undertaken by NHS Midlands and East and downloadable below, showed that staff feel they do not have the time to treat patients and need improved communication between the patients, their carers and the homes from which they might have come. In response to this, NHS Midlands and East has created the Pressure Ulcer Path, a tool to support staff in preventing pressure ulcers and treating them, alongside a number of useful resources. -
Content ArticleIn this Episode of the 'This Is Nursing' podcast series, Gavin Portier speaks to with Alison Schofield, Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist from North Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Trust. Alison has worked in Tissue Viability since 2012 and during this time she has studied extensively in leading change in tissue viability, tissue viability management and leg ulcers. Alison discusses her role of a Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist and the challenges facing the role in this current world of nursing, the impact of COVID-19 has had on the delivery of community tissue viability services and on people in receipt of the services in care homes and in their own homes.
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Scottish Patient Safety Programme: Acute Adult
Claire Cox posted an article in Resources for staff
This web page includes the four work streams that Health Improvement Scotland are undertaking. These include: Falls Deteriorating patient Catheter induced infections Pressure ulcers. -
Content ArticleThe prone position is defined as lying in a horizontal position with the front of the body facing downwards. Its use with critically ill patients with respiratory compromise is known to improve short-term oxygenation and lung compliance. The desired outcome of prone positioning is to improve lung perfusion and oxygenation in patients who are in the early stages of pneumonia or who have an acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) which is common in COVID–19 patients. One of the most common complications of nursing patients in the prone position is the occurrence of pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers are likely to occur as patients are repositioned far less frequently once in prone (generally only after 16 hours) and also the patient may develop significant facial oedema. It is important therefore to take precautions to reduce the risk of pressure ulcers when preparing for and caring for the patient in the prone position. This NHS guidance promotes good skin care during prone positioning.
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EventThis conference focuses on the prevention and management of pressure ulcers including monitoring, reporting and improvement. hub members can receive a 10% discount with code hcuk10psl. Further information and registration
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Content ArticleAs nurses worldwide feel the pain of prolonged personal protective equipment (PPE) use, we assess the advice on minimising the discomfort caused by masks and visors. Here are some simple tips to prevent skin damage while wearing PPE.
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Hospital's 'gross failings' led to pressure sores death
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
A double amputee suffered fatal pressure sores caused by "gross and obvious failings" in her hospital treatment. Janet Prince, from Nottingham, developed the sores after being admitted to Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in July 2017. The 80-year-old died in January 2019. Assistant Coroner Gordon Clow issued a prevention of future deaths report to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH). Nottingham Coroner's Court had heard Ms Prince was taken to QMC in Nottingham with internal bleeding on 15 July 2017. The patient was left on a trolley in the emergency department for nine hours and even though she and daughter Emma Thirlwall said she needed to be given a specialist mattress, she was not given one. "No specific measures of any kind were implemented during that period of more than nine hours to reduce the risk of pressure damage, even though it should have been easily apparent to those treating her that [she] needed such measures to be in place," Mr Clow said. Ms Prince was later transferred to different wards, but a specialist mattress was only provided for her a few days before she was discharged on 9 August, by which time Mr Clow said her wounds "had progressed to the most serious form of pressure ulcer (stage four) including a wound with exposed bone". Mr Clow said there were "serious failings" over finding an appropriate mattress and other aspects of her care while at the QMC, including "a gross failure" to prevent Ms Prince's open wounds coming into contact with faeces. Mr Clow said the immediate cause of her death was "severe pressure ulcers", with bronchopneumonia a contributory factor. Recording a death by "natural causes, contributed to by neglect", he said he was "troubled by the lack of evidence" of any changes to wound management at NUH. NUH medical director Keith Girling apologised for the failings in Ms Prince's care, claiming the trust had "learnt a number of significant lessons from this very tragic case". Read full story Source: BBC News, 14 February 2020 -
Content ArticleShrop Community Health have produced this video to help patients prevent pressure ulcers by learning about the 5 key messages: SSKIN: Surface Skin Keep moving Incontinence and increased moisture Nutrition and hydration
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Content ArticleIn this video, Barts Health NHS Trust explain what measures frontline medical staff can take to help avoid the risk of pressure ulcers.
