{"id":774,"date":"2023-04-24T07:06:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T07:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewoundcentre.com\/a\/?p=774"},"modified":"2023-04-24T07:06:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T07:06:31","slug":"at-last-a-pressure-ulcer-free-aged-care-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewoundcentre.com\/a\/774\/at-last-a-pressure-ulcer-free-aged-care-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"At last! A pressure ulcer free aged care facility!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"page_title\">Preventing pressure ulcers in aged care by auditing, and changing, work practices<\/h1>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"main_entry\">\n<section class=\"item authors\">\n<h2 class=\"pkp_screen_reader\">Authors<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li><span class=\"name\">Catherine Sharp\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">Founder CEO and Practicing Nurse, The Wound Centre, Sydney, Australia\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"orcid\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4266-8493\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4266-8493<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"name\">Julie Campbell\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"affiliation\">Practicing Nurse, Palliative Care Nursing, The Wound Centre, Sydney, Australia\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"orcid\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2140-0017\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2140-0017<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"item doi\">\n<h2 class=\"label\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3126\/ajms.v13i4.41855\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3126\/ajms.v13i4.41855<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"item abstract\">\n<h2 class=\"label\">Abstract<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Background:<\/strong>\u00a0Two nurse consultants concerned with ongoing pressure ulcer development in a 44-bed residential aged care facility in Sydney, Australia, audited pressure ulcers and the use of air mattresses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aims and Objectives:<\/strong>\u00a0To measure and reduce the prevalence of pressure ulcers; audit air mattresses in use; reduce the physical workload for care staff repositioning residents; introduce an alternating pressure air mattress, allow residents to sleep undisturbed, and provide bedside education for all nursing staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials and Methods:<\/strong>\u00a0Pressure ulcer prevalence was determined, \u201cair\u201d mattresses were inspected, and repositioning regimes were considered. All residents at risk of pressure ulcers were provided with a \u201cNodec A\u201d mattress, allowed to sleep undisturbed, and bedside training was given to staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results:<\/strong>\u00a0Pressure ulcer prevalence was 18.1%. Eight of 44 residents had a total of 10 pressure ulcers; four sacral, three heel ulcers, two buttocks, and one hip. An audit of \u201cair\u201d mattresses showed half, seven of 14 (50%), was not working. Four alarm lights were on; two were set on static mode and one was deflated. Six months after the introduction of the \u201cNodec A\u201d alternating pressure air mattress all pressure ulcers had healed, and the facility was pressure ulcer free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong>\u00a0Residents nursed on the \u201cNodec A\u201d were pressure ulcer free and slept for hours without being repositioned and woken.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"item downloads_chart\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preventing pressure ulcers in aged care by auditing, and changing, work practices Authors Catherine Sharp\u00a0Founder CEO and Practicing Nurse, The Wound Centre, Sydney, Australia\u00a0https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4266-8493 Julie Campbell\u00a0Practicing Nurse, Palliative Care Nursing, The Wound Centre, Sydney, Australia\u00a0https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2140-0017 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3126\/ajms.v13i4.41855 Abstract Background:\u00a0Two nurse consultants concerned with ongoing pressure ulcer development in a 44-bed residential aged care facility in Sydney, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wound-management-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewoundcentre.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewoundcentre.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewoundcentre.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewoundcentre.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewoundcentre.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thewoundcentre.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":775,"href":"http:\/\/thewoundcentre.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions\/775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewoundcentre.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewoundcentre.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewoundcentre.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}