title: The safe use of negative-pressure wound therapy.
abstract: The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System is a confidential, statewide Internet reporting system to which all Pennsylvania hospitals, outpatient-surgery facilities, and birthing centers, as well as some abortion facilities, must file information on medical errors. Safety Monitor is a column from Pennsylvania's Patient Safety Authority, the authority that informs nurses on issues that can affect patient safety and presents strategies they can easily integrate into practice. For more information on the authority, visit www.patientsafetyauthority.org. For the original article discussed in this column or for other articles on patient safety, click on "Patient Safety Advisories" and then "Advisory Library" in the left-hand navigation menu.
authors.affiliation: ECRI Institute in Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA. dmartindell@ecri.org
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martindell
mesh_terms: D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D018579:Patient Selection; D012449:Safety; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control