title: Managing pressure ulcers: a multisite CQI challenge.
abstract: Think preventing and tracking pressure ulcers is expensive? Treatment may cost more. The Nurse Executive Council of VHA Alabama partnered with KCI USA, Inc., to implement a CQI project to manage pressure ulcer incidence.
authors.affiliation: Decatur General Hospital, Huntsville, Ala., USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Whittington
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Briones
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wight
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama / Q000453:epidemiology; D019985:Benchmarking; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D011159:Population Surveillance; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D012984:Software; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*