title: Should health care assistants apply compression bandages?
abstract: In 2004 the Leg Ulcer Forum issued a consensus statement, which stipulated that health care assistants should not apply compression bandaging. Because concerns have been raised about the role of unqualified staff in general wound management, the forum's executive has reissued the statement.
authors.affiliation: University of Hertfordshire.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000451:nursing; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D032024:Personnel Delegation; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing; D006113:United Kingdom; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*