University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust made a commitment to reduce hospital-acquired pressure ulcers in 2008. To achieve its initial target to reduce avoidable pressure ulcers by 30% ...

The SHA identified the elimination of all grade 2, 3 and 4 pressure ulcers by December 2012 as its first ambition. This article discusses the methods chosen for measuring and monitoring the incidence ...

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 ...

The result was a campaign that saw a dramatic reduction in prevalence of new grade 2, 3, and 4 pressure ulcers in the Midlands and the East of England − down by 36 per cent between April and October ...

the numerator of the quality measure would be updated to include unstageable pressure ulcers, including sDTIs that are new/developed in the facility, as well as Stage 1 or 2 pressure ulcers that ...

Payment changes Payment for advanced-stage HAPUs denied; stages 1 and 2 pressure ulcers (hospital-acquired or present on admission) not counted as comorbidities for increasing hospital payment ...

How should suspected deep tissue injury (sDTI) pressure ulcers be coded on the MDS 2.0? Unfortunately, the users manual (RAI manual) for the MDS does not include a any directions for specifically ...