title: Best practices for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers.
abstract: In this article, the Canadian Association of Wound Care puts forward 12 recommendations for best practices in the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers that focus on an interdisciplinary patient-centered approach. These recommendations are a synthesis of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research guidelines, European guidelines, and current literature as interpreted by the Canadian experience and achieved through a national consensus panel. The article concludes that best practice guidelines must be fluid documents that respond to new evidence and experience.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dolynchuk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Keast
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Houghton
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orsted
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sibbald
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atkinson
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D002170:Canada; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017592:Skin Care; D012944:Social Support