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Pressure Ulcer Hospitalizations Skyrocket

11th December 2008 by admin Comments Off

The following was a 12/5/08 article from McKnight’s . . . December 05 2008 Hospitalization rates as a result of pressure ulcers have risen dramatically over the last 15 years, according to a report from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Hospital admissions for which pressure ulcers were either a primary or secondary [...]

Pressure Ulcers

20th July 2008 by admin No Comments

There are strict Federal and State regulations prescribing what steps a nursing home and its staff must take to prevent and heal pressure ulcers.  The regulations specify that no resident who enters a facility without pressure ulcers should develop pressure ulcers while at the facility unless it is “unavoidable.”  It is never unavoidable unless the [...]

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