Pressure ulcers and incontinence-associated dermatitis: Effectiveness of the Pressure Ulcer Classification education tool on classification by nurses

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Beeckman, Dimitri ^a,b   Schoonhoven, Lisette ^c   Fletcher, Jacqui ^d   Furtado, Katia ^e   Heyman, Hilde ^f,g   Paquay, Louis ^h,i   De Bacquer, Dirk ^a   Defloor, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Arteveldehogeschool   (Belgium)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e Ministerio da Saude Portuguese   (Portugal)

^f Nursing Home Sint Bartholomeus   (Belgium)

^g Wound Care Consultant Society (WCS)   (Belgium)

^h Wit Gele Kruis West Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DERMATITIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PRESSURE ULCER; URINARY INCONTINENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249253012     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.028415     Document Type: Article

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