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Percent of Patients Receiving Daily Pressure Ulcer Risk Reassessment


Definition
The percentage of patients for whom a pressure ulcer risk reassessment (using an agreed-upon risk assessment tool) was documented as performed daily or with greater frequency (or for whom an appropriate contraindication was documented).

Goal

100 percent of patients have a documented daily pressure ulcer risk reassessment.


Data Collection Plan

See the Measurement Information Form (MIF) created as part of IHI's 5 Million Lives Campaign for specific information.

 

 



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