Chapter 7: Best Practice Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Pressure Injuries
DOI: 10.56885/GRYI5585
Linda Norton, Nancy Parslow, Chester Ho, Deirdre O'Sullivan-Drombolis, Alan Rogers, Amanda Parsons, Linda Moss
This chapter teaches health-care professionals how to use the Wound Prevention and Management Cycle as a guide, emphasizing the importance of screening for risk of pressure injuries when a person enters the health-care system and of implementing appropriate prevention strategies based on risk. The strategies focus on maintaining the patient's intact skin through an integrated team approach that includes the patient and care partners at the centre of decision making.