Managing pressure ulcers: a multisite CQI challenge.
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.
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Decatur General Hospital, Huntsville, Ala., USA.
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Patrick
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Briones
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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*