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Prevent Pressure Ulcers

One of the primary goals of the 5 Million Lives Campaign is to offer participants as many useful resources as we can.  Please take advantage of these documents and tools.  All Campaign materials are available for you to download for free.  Note that certain documents require registration on IHI.org.  Registration is quick, easy, and free.

 

Getting Started Kit

Updated How-to Guide with instructions for implementing the change in your organization, including changes and measures.

How-to Guide Pediatric Supplement with recommendations for implementing the change in a pediatric setting.

Introductory PowerPoint Presentation to introduce and explain the intervention in your organization.

Updated Annotated Bibliography

Rural Supplement to the How-to Guide

 

Campaign Mentor Hospitals

The organizations on the Campaign Mentor Hospital Registry have volunteered to provide support, advice, clinical expertise, and tips to hospitals seeking help with their implementation efforts. 

Prevent Pressure Ulcers Campaign Mentor Hospitals

 

 Tools

Tools to help hospitals working to prevent pressure ulcers.

Photographic Wound Documentation Form

Nursing Assistant Ostomy Competency Tool

Braden Scale Risk Assessment and Skin Inspection Flow Chart

Pressure Ulcer Plan of Care Tool

Wound Competency - Identifying Pressure Ulcers Tool

Pressure Ulcer Baseline Assessment Survey for Registered Nurses and Nursing Assistants

Patient and Family Fact Sheet

Your Turn - a Website for Patients and Families

NPUAP Updated Staging Guidelines

NPUAP Pressure Ulcer Prevention Curriculum

NPUAP Pressure Ulcer Prevention Points

NDNQI Pressure Ulcer Training

Prevent Pressure Ulcers Turn Clock Tool

 

 Measurement Information Forms

Detailed information on the process and outcome measures outlined in the How-to Guide. 

Pressure Ulcer Incidence per 1000 Patient Days

Percent of At-Risk Patients Receiving Full Pressure Ulcer Preventative Care

Percent of Patients Receiving Daily Pressure Ulcer Risk Reassessment

Percent of Patients Receiving Pressure Ulcer Admission Assessment

Pressure Ulcer Incidence per 100 Admissions

 

 Improvement Stories

Read improvement stories and learn how others have succeeded in preventing pressure ulcers. 

Relieve the pressure and reduce harm (pressure ulcers)

 

 Resources

Other resources available to help your quality improvement efforts. 

Join a Prevent Pressure Ulcers Web Discussion

Preventing pressure ulcers: The goal is zero published in the Joint Commission Journal as part of a series on the six new interventions in the Campaign.

 

Call Recordings

Recordings of Campaign calls on preventing pressure ulcers.

 February 1, 2007 - Introduction

 April 24, 2007 - Office Hour

 September 24, 2007- Campaign LIVE!

Campaign LIVE! NJ Pressure Ulcer Collaborative Overview PowerPoint 

 October 4, 2007 - Office Hour

 January 21, 2008 - Campaign LIVE!

 February 26, 2008 - Office Hour

 May 29, 2008 - Office Hour

 October 30, 2008 - Office Hour
Mentor: Onslow Memorial Hospital, Handouts (PDF)

 

National Action Day Materials

On June 20, 2007, over 35,000 participants focused their attention on getting results faster and more reliably.  Materials used during the prevent pressure ulcers session are available for download.

Prevent Pressure Ulcers Session Recording

PPT Slides, Slides as Handouts, Changes Made Worksheet, Changes Planned Worksheet, Blank Planning Worksheet

 

 Contact

For more information contact:

Kathy Duncan, RN
Email: KathyDDuncan@comcast.net 
Phone: (870) 739-3193