A quality-improvement collaborative project to reduce pressure ulcers in PICUs

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Visscher, Marty ^a,e   King, Alice ^b,e   Nie, Ann Marie ^b,e   Schaffer, Pat ^c   Taylor, Teresa ^c   Pruitt, David ^d,e   Giaccone, Mary Jo ^c   Ashby, Marshall ^a   Keswani, Sundeep ^b,e  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pediatric Advanced Wound Care and Skin Service   (United States)

^c Patient Services   (United States)

^d Departments of Rehabilitation Sciences Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurosciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundle; Device; ICU; Intervention; Neonatal; Pressure ulcer; Quality improvement; Skin; Wound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CHILD; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CARE; SKIN INJURY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BUNDLE; DEVICE; ICU; INTERVENTION; NEONATAL; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SKIN; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878744183     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1626     Document Type: Article

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