A joint collaboration: international pressure ulcer guidelines.
After four years in development, the EPUAP and the NPUAP are ready to release their joint, international, evidence-based pressure ulcer guidelines. This article considers the practice implications of a selection of the new guideline's statements.
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University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham. carol.dealey@uhb.nhs.uk
D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000628:therapy*; D018570:Risk Assessment