title: A programme to reduce acquired pressure ulcers in care homes.
abstract: Prevention of pressure ulcers is a major health concern, especially for older people. Much of the literature related to prevention of pressure ulcers focuses on hospital-acquired pressure ulcers. There is less literature related to prevention of pressure ulcers in care homes. This article presents a review of the literature related to prevention of pressure ulcers in care homes and an ambitious project undertaken by one care home provider to raise awareness of pressure ulcers, provide training in prevention and monitor and evaluate pressure ulcers in over 200 care home across the UK. Known as MI SKIN, the project involves ongoing training to all levels of care staff, a robust system of monitoring pressure ulcers and a mechanism to investigate and learn from any incident of pressure ulcer using root cause analysis.
authors.affiliation: Director of Quality and Clinical Governance, Barchester Healthcare.
authors.forename: Trish Morris
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Honorary Professor of Nursing, Kingston and St George's University of London.
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marks-Maran
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007318:Inservice Training; D009735:Nursing Homes; D061214:Patient Safety; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015995:Prevalence; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Patient safety; Pressure ulcers; Root cause analysis; Skin care