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PRESSURE ULCERS & SKIN TEARS

Regulatory/Authoritative Sites

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR now AHRQ) Supported Clinical Guidelines: Pressure ulcers in adults: Prediction and prevention, Number 3, Publication Number 92-0047. Retrieved June 9, 2004. (1994). Treatment of pressure ulcers, Number 15, Publication Number 95-0652. Retrieved June 9, 2004.

National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP). (1998). Position statements. Retrieved June 9, 2004.

• Healthy People 2010 pressure ulcer objective: Pressure ulcers in America.
• NPUAP staging report
• Stage I pressure ulcer assessment
• Statement on pressure ulcer prevention
• Minimum Data Set-2 (MDS-2) & skin ulcer assessment
• The facts about reverse staging in 2000
• Pressure ulcer prevention points

National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP). (1998). Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved June 9, 2004

• Pressure ulcer definition & etiology
• Pressure ulcer staging and assessment
• Wound infection and infection control
• Pressure ulcer healing and treatments
• Nutritional support for patients
• Pressure ulcers in America abstract

Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing Society. (2003). Guidelines for prevention and management of pressure ulcers. Glenview, Illinois. Position Statements

American Geriatrics Society. (2001). Guidelines and Position Statements

American Medical Directors Association (AMDA). (2004). Resource Library

National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners

National Gerontological Nursing Association

The Gerontological Society of America

United States Department of Health and Human Services

Last updated - January 2005