Assessing the adequacy of pressure ulcer prevention in hospitals: A nationwide prevalence survey

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-267

  Vanderwee, Katrien ^a   Defloor, Tom ^a   Beeckman, Dimitri ^a,b   Demarré, Liesbet ^a   Verhaeghe, Sofie ^a   Van Durme, Thérèse ^c   Gobert, Micheline ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Arteveldehogeschool   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED; BELGIUM; BRADEN SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEEL; HIP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RECUMBENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SACRUM; SITTING; SURGICAL WARD; URINE INCONTINENCE; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953797998     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.043125     Document Type: Article

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