title: Pressure area care: monitoring standards.
abstract: This article reviews the establishment of a Pressure Area Care Project Team in Gloucester Health Authority, with the aim of shifting the emphasis for care from treatment to prevention. A review of literature relating to the causes of pressure sores is followed by a description of the group's development of a research-based, written policy for prevention.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marcer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care