title: Reducing hospital-acquired pressure ulcers: a quality improvement project across 21 hospitals.
abstract: A quality improvement initiative across 21 hospitals incorporated a multidisciplinary approach, breakthrough collaborative methods, evidence-based improvement methods and care guidelines, front-line rapid improvement cycles, consistent process-of-care documentation, and real-time incidence data. Statistically significant decreases in both all-stage and stages III, IV, and unstageable hospital-acquired pressure ulcers rates have been sustained for 5 years.
authors.affiliation: Quality & Regulatory Services, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals (Ms Crawford), Kaiser Permanente Northern California Regional Risk Management (Ms Corbett), and Kaiser Permanente Northern California Patient Care Services (Ms Zuniga), Oakland, California.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Corbett
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zuniga
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D004282:Documentation; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000517:prevention & control*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration*