Pressure ulcer and wounds reporting in NHS hospitals in England part 2: Survey of monitoring systems

This is the second of a two related papers describing work undertaken to compare and contrast Pressure Ulcer (PU) monitoring systems across NHS in-patient facilities in England. The work comprised 1) a PU/Wound Audit (PUWA) and 2) a survey of PU monitoring systems.This second paper focusses on the survey which explores differences in the implementation of PU adverse event monitoring systems in 24 NHS hospital Trusts in England. The survey questionnaire comprised 41 items incorporating single and multiple response options and free-text items and was completed by the PUWA Trust lead in liaison with key people in the organisation.

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