Pressure ulcer prevention: An efficient turning schedule for bed-bound patients

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop, LiSSA 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 159-162

  Ostadabbas, Sarah ^a   Yousefi, Rasoul ^a   Faezipour, Miad ^a   Nourani, Mehrdad ^a   Pompeo, Matthew ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b Presbyterian Wound Care Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PROBLEMS; NURSING STAFF; PRESSURE MAT; PRESSURE ULCERS;

HEALTH RISKS; NURSING; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

DISEASES;

EID: 79956095342     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LISSA.2011.5754183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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