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C O M P L I C A T I O N S
PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION Do your nurses know how to use positioning devices
appropriately to disperse pressure points, thus decreasing the risk for a pressure ulcer?
How to Avoid
Hospital-
Acquired
Conditions
Advice on
preventing
retained
objects, pres-
sure ulcers,
SSIs and falls.
Beverly Kirchner,
RN, BSN, CNOR, CASC
Southlake, Texas
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