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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/archive.html
July 01, 2018 - Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Clinical Guide / Quick Reference Guide
Consumer Version: English / … Pressure Ulcer Treatment
Clinical Guide / Quick Reference Guide
Consumer Version: English / Spanish
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/diagnosis-and-management-pressure-ulcer-the-questions-we-would-like-answered-by-this-evidence-review-are-the-following-1-how-can-we-identify-patients-at-risk-for-pressure-ulcers-in-the-hospital-or-long-term-care-setting-and-
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/interimhacrate2014_2.pdf
November 19, 2015 - About 40 percent of this reduction is from adverse drug events,
about 28 percent from pressure ulcers … Most of the deaths averted
occurred as a result of reductions in the rates of pressure ulcers and adverse … Ulcers
MPSMS
(2014)
Hospital-Acquired
Pressure Ulcers
1,010,000 30.9
7 2010 baseline data … Ulcers were modified in 2012 from earlier higher projections. … ulcer, rather than on the incremental cost due to the HAC.
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Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/interimhacrate2014_cx.pdf
November 19, 2015 - About 40 percent of this reduction is from adverse drug events,
about 28 percent from pressure ulcers … Most of the deaths averted
occurred as a result of reductions in the rates of pressure ulcers and adverse … Ulcers
MPSMS
(2014)
Hospital-Acquired
Pressure Ulcers
1,010,000 30.9
7 2010 baseline data … Ulcers were modified in 2012 from earlier higher projections. … ulcer, rather than on the incremental cost due to the HAC.
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Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/index.html
February 01, 2025 - Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals is a toolkit that assists hospital staff in implementing effective … pressure ulcer prevention practices through an interdisciplinary approach to care. … Hospitals Training Program supports the training of hospital staff on how to implement AHRQ's Preventing Pressure … Ulcers in Hospitals Toolkit.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab19e.html
March 01, 2023 - 6,924
7,208
Composite: ACSC Overall
20,218
17,976
20,084
17,046
19,215
17,075
Pressure … Ulcer
3,124
2,492
3,084
2,232
2,819
2,301
Injurious Falls
297
218
268
212 … 6,471
8,020
7,037
6,881
Composite: ACSC Overall
17,757
20,393
19,476
16,171
Pressure … Ulcer
2,658
2,731
2,846
2,191
Injurious Falls
239
247
236
260
Notes
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab19b.html
March 01, 2023 - 8,456
8,118
Composite: ACSC Overall
25,741
19,330
21,845
20,450
21,888
19,402
Pressure … Ulcer
4,659
3,573
4,127
3,570
4,133
3,186
Injurious Falls
476
335
399
346 … 8,162
8,798
8,469
8,012
Composite: ACSC Overall
20,856
22,154
22,042
18,402
Pressure … Ulcer
4,014
3,688
4,171
2,882
Injurious Falls
384
365
381
366
Notes
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab19c.html
March 01, 2023 - 4,435
3,912
Composite: ACSC Overall
14,847
12,685
13,750
12,591
14,039
10,413
Pressure … Ulcer
3,144
1,922
2,311
2,203
2,306
2,125
Injurious Falls
114
46
72
55
58 … 4,284
4,429
4,470
3,725
Composite: ACSC Overall
13,151
13,631
14,134
9,746
Pressure … Ulcer
2,071
2,713
2,345
1,945
Injurious Falls
68
59
59
92
Notes:
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab11.html
February 01, 2023 - Overall
Yes
14,177
28,212
18,788
9,372
No
19,380
19,211
19,521
20,716
Pressure … Ulcer
Yes
2,730
11,421
3,150
1,840
No
3,506
3,461
3,696
3,731
Injurious … Composite: ACSC Overall
50,783
40,549
9,972
20,001
18,997
10,923
20,108
19,218
Pressure … Ulcer
12,696
8,204
883
4,475
3,415
1,644
3,729
3,459
Injurious Falls
469
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab19.html
March 01, 2023 - 7,387
7,164
Composite: ACSC Overall
23,095
17,584
19,743
18,467
19,802
17,363
Pressure … Ulcer
4,291
3,139
3,655
3,225
3,647
2,945
Injurious Falls
388
259
314
272 … 7,138
7,741
7,427
6,977
Composite: ACSC Overall
18,821
20,092
19,980
16,312
Pressure … Ulcer
3,501
3,452
3,695
2,655
Injurious Falls
301
291
297
299
Notes
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab19d.html
March 01, 2023 - 3,685
2,830
Composite: ACSC Overall
6,401
5,144
6,083
4,903
6,049
4,408
Pressure … Ulcer
1,887
1,225
1,703
1,115
1,573
1,084
Injurious Falls
88
67
77
69
79 … 3,503
3,242
3,720
2,668
Composite: ACSC Overall
5,768
5,111
6,087
4,163
Pressure … Ulcer
1,543
1,223
1,589
999
Injurious Falls
77
67
77
63
Notes:
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab19f.html
March 01, 2023 - 5,990
6,632
Composite: ACSC Overall
23,094
19,763
20,681
21,282
21,204
19,420
Pressure … Ulcer
6,082
4,303
4,919
4,872
4,765
5,535
Injurious Falls
173
119
141
130 … 5,861
6,673
6,037
6,455
Composite: ACSC Overall
20,343
22,153
21,427
18,076
Pressure … Ulcer
4,499
5,846
4,870
5,072
Injurious Falls
140
131
131
168
Notes
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/tab19g.html
March 01, 2023 - 12,136
Composite: ACSC Overall
32,463
23,973
25,306
28,599
25,757
29,466
Pressure … Ulcer
4,845
3,916
4,034
4,473
4,279
3,822
Injurious Falls
694
450
520
525 … 12,380
10,227
12,540
Composite: ACSC Overall
24,470
31,390
25,983
29,126
Pressure … Ulcer
4,169
4,242
4,328
3,449
Injurious Falls
498
580
497
653
Notes
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/spotlight-ptsafety-and-covid-19.pdf
November 01, 2021 - ulcer
o Most advanced stage of pressure ulcer
o Stage on admission
o Admission skin inspection documented … o Pressure ulcer prevention intervention in place
o Secondary patient morbidity
• Surgery or anesthesia … Some of these explanatory statements were
related to fall and pressure ulcer events, while others were … Pressure Ulcer Event Very busy environment due to COVID-19 crisis and less time and
attention paid to … Pressure Ulcer Event
Patient is critically ill, intubated, COVID-19 positive, in multisystem organ
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/resources/PS-tools-2024.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Web: ahrq.gov/goinghomeguide/
Pressure Ulcers
Preventing Pressure Ulcers: A Toolkit for Improving … Quality of Care in Hospitals assists hospital staff
in implementing effective pressure ulcer prevention … Ulcers in
Hospitals Toolkit. … Web: ahrq.gov/pressureinjuryprevtraining
Safety Program for Nursing
Homes: On-Time Pressure
Ulcer … ulcers.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/index.html
September 01, 2021 - Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention is a team training curriculum to … help nursing homes with electronic medical records reduce the occurrence of pressure ulcers.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72478/psn-pdf
November 18, 2020 - examined the
effect of unit-level nursing functional flexibility on the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure … ulcers. … Results indicate that higher use of functionally flexible nurses was associated with a higher number of
pressure … ulcers, but this effect was moderated when coworker support within the unit was high. … nurse-working-conditions-and-patient-safety-outcomes
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-facility-pressure-ulcers-patient-safety-strategy-systematic-review
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/ExampleofUsingPOA-CMSHACsusingall-payerdata.jsp
August 01, 2011 - ulcers (66 percent). … ulcer and 18 percent had manifestations of poor glycemic control CMS HACs. … Stage 3 and 4 pressure ulcers: private insurance: 0.32; Medicaid: 1.25. … Stage 3 and 4 pressure ulcers: 45-64 year olds: 1.44; 65-84 year olds: 2.18; 85 years and older: 2.57 … Ulcers are:
707.23, pressure ulcer, stage III
707.24, pressure ulcer, stage IV
The ICD-9-
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2015-interim.html
December 01, 2016 - About 42 percent of this reduction is from adverse drug events, about 23 percent from pressure ulcers … Ulcers
MPSMS (2015)
Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers
1,190,000
36.3
Surgical Site Infections … Ulcers were modified in 2012 from earlier higher projections. … ulcer, rather than on the incremental cost due to the HAC. … [7] The AHRQ-developed pressure ulcer toolkit and falls toolkit are online.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hac-cost-report2017.pdf
November 01, 2017 - Pressure Ulcers A new pressure ulcer developed during a stay, or Stage 1 or 2 pressure ulcer(s)
present … Ulcers
( (“Pressure Ulcer” [MeSH] OR “Pressure Ulcer” [tiab] OR “Bedsore” [tiab] OR “Bed Sores” [tiab … ] OR “Decubitus
Ulcer” [tiab] OR “Pressure Sore” [MeSH] OR “Pressure Sore” [tiab] OR “Suspected Deep … Tissue Injury” [tiab] OR
“Pressure Ulcer” [MeSH] OR “Pressure Ulcer” [tiab] OR “osteomyelitis” [MeSH … Ulcer
All hospitalized patients
who are at risk to have
pressure ulcer
0.018c 2.42–5.06 3.26