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The prevention and management of pressure sores within hospital and community settings
— the new edition of a document originally produced by the Working Party of the Pressure Sore Study Group at the King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development | | Author(s) | Grace Simpson, Brian Livesley |
| Corporate Author | King's Fund Centre |
| Publisher | Research for Ageing Trust, London, 1993 |
| Pages | 12 pp |
| Source | The Department of Academic Medicine for the Elderly, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH. |
| Keywords | Wounds ; Chairbound ; Bedridden ; In-patients ; Living in the community ; Preventative medicine ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | Changes in the structure and culture of the National Health Service (NHS) in April 1993 have resulted in greater opportunities and need for pressure sore prevention and management, since this document was first published in 1989. The development of an effective strategy for the prevention and management of pressure sores requires the use of multidisciplinary quality assurance and research for the following steps: forming a Pressure Sore Group; collecting baseline information about patients, resources, and existing knowledge; interpreting this data and identifying problems that have arisen; developing and implementing this approach; and monitoring the whole programme. Above all, for this strategy to be effective, it requires commitment and enthusiasm from purchasers as well as from providers of health care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980707249 P |
| Classmark | CUC: C7: C8: LF7: K4: LK2: 583 * |
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