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Are You Ready for Ebola? - November 2014 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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7 6 O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 4 I f your patients are developing pressure ulcers after surgery, read on for several strategies sure to cut your skin injury rate. A few years ago, when my hospital noticed an unacceptably high num- ber of our patients were developing skin injuries 72 or so hours after surgery, we formed a Perioperative Services Skin Wellness Committee, which I chaired. Based on our experience, here are 7 things you can do to prevent pressure ulcers. 1 Check under the mattress One of the most impactful changes was updating our OR mat- tresses. We were using 2-inch foam mattresses with hard plastic P R E S S U R E U L C E R S How We Beat Pressure Ulcers The 7 things we did to lower our skin injury rate. Melanie Pipping, BGS, RN, CNIII | New Haven, Conn. Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN POSITION PROPERLY Positioning a patient is one of the biggest ways to help your facility fight pressure ulcers.

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