title: [A return of the sheepskin to nursing homes and hospitals?].
abstract: The authors comment on the study conducted by Mistiaen et al. (Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2011;155:A3034) and express their doubts regarding the efficacy of using Australian Medical Sheepskin to prevent sacral pressure ulcers. By their very nature sheepskins are not pleasant to use and their preventive effect is only significant in the very early stages of dermal pressure damage. No mention is made of the far more efficient method of prevention: the air mattress with alternating pressure.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Medisch Centrum, afd. Kwaliteit en Procesinnovatie, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: Hester
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vermeulen
authors.forename: A A Bert
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Keizer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012756:Sheep