Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers among SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS REDUCING Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers among SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS MARILOU MENDOZA, RN, Senior Wound and Stoma Care Specialist and Educator
Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers among SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS REDUCING Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers among SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS HIGHLIGHTS Identify common factors causing pressure ulcers among Spinal Cord Injury patients Describe strategies in reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers among spinal cord injury patients at Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City
POOR NUTRITIONAL STATUS MOBILITY (limitation in activity ) SENSATION (impaired) MOISTURE (incontinence) POOR NUTRITIONAL STATUS PRESSURE ULCER Pressure Ulcers Following Spinal Cord Injury http://www.gneaupp.es/app/adm/documentos-guias/archivos/77_pdf.pdf
Yearly HAPU Monitoring (2010-2011)
SCI Units Pressure Ulcer Prevention Group Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer Prevention Team (Interdisciplinary members) SCI Units Pressure Ulcer Prevention Group (Education and Accreditation Manager, Service Manager, Charge Nurses, RNs, NAs ) STRATEGIES LEADING THE TASK
STRATEGIES PRESSURE ULCERS DEVICES LACK OF EDUCATION (previous trauma) DEVICES (lack of assessment, tight application) LACK OF EDUCATION (previous trauma) NON-COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES PRESSURE ULCERS IDENTIFYING OUR CHALLENGES LACK OF CONTINUOUS PREVENTIVE MEASURES UNDOCUMEN-TED / UNREPORTED PRESSURE ULCERS
Goal: STRATEGIES Reduce HAPU incidence among SCI Units to 27% Goal: Reduce HAPU incidence among SCI Units to 27% STRATEGIES Sub goals: To educate at least >80% of the staff with direct patient care (Nurses, Rehab staff, Physicians)by the end of 2012 Monthly unit acquired pressure ulcer incidence shall not exceed 27% of the total monthly HAPU To reach 100 % documentation of the presence of pressure ulcers either hospital acquired or community acquired SETTING OUR GOAL
APPLYING OUR PLANS TO ACTION EDUCATION RISK ASSESSMENT AND PROTOCOLS SKIN INSPECTION COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY POINT PREVALENCE SURVEY UNANNOUNCED UNIT ROUNDS INDIVIDUALIZED UNIT PLANNING STRATEGIES APPLYING OUR PLANS TO ACTION
Result To be presented RESULT Education
SCI Monthly HAPU rate (2012) Result To be presented RESULT SCI Monthly HAPU rate (2012)
Result To be presented RESULT Documentation (CAPU/HAPU)
Result To be presented RESULT GOAL
Make Pressure Ulcer Education as mandatory for all healthcare providers. Provide consistent education and close monitoring to all patients at risk not only with SCI patients. Continuous awareness plan regarding identifying and prevention of pressure ulcers among healthcare providers, patient, family and caregiver. Recommendations
Education plays a big role in prevention. Pressure Ulcer Prevention requires participation from the different members of the Interdisciplinary Team. Management/Organization‘s support is very essential to facilitate programs in HAPU prevention. SUMMARY
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