title: Clinical governance and pressure ulcer management.
abstract: The government has introduced a framework for clinical governance as a means to promote high quality services for patients. Caroline Dowsett discusses the importance of adopting a positive approach to clinical governance within pressure ulcer management.
authors.affiliation: Newham Community Health Services NHS Trust, London.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dowsett
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages / Q000592:standards; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom