Pressure Ulcer and Wounds Reporting in NHS Hospitals in England Part 1: Audit of Monitoring Systems

Internationally, health-care systems have attempted to assess the scale of and demonstrate improvement in patient harms. Pressure ulcer (PU) monitoring systems have been introduced across NHS in-patient facilities in England, including the Safety Thermometer (STh) (prevalence), Incident Reporting Systems (IRS) and the Strategic Executive Information System (STEIS) for serious incidents. This is the first of two related papers considering PU monitoring systems across NHS in-patient facilities in England and focusses on a Wound Audit (PUWA) to assess the accuracy of these systems.

Source: Journal of Tissue Viability - November 23, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Isabelle L. Smith, Jane Nixon, Sarah Brown, Lyn Wilson, Susanne Coleman Tags: Clinical study Source Type: research