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This page serves as a central hub for the tools and resources for Skin Under Pressure: Preventing Pressure Injury, provided by the Toolkit for MDRO Prevention in Long-Term Care. These resources have been developed to equip and empower healthcare teams with the knowledge and tools necessary to prevent pressure injury.
Presentation: Skin Under Pressure: Preventing Pressure Injury
This presentation will help viewers—
- Learn what pressure injuries are and how to prevent them.
- Review staging for pressure injuries.
- Discuss how pressure injuries can lead to infection.
Skin Under Pressure: Preventing Pressure Injury – Slides (PowerPoint, 13 MB)
Skin Under Pressure: Preventing Pressure Injury – Facilitator Guide (Word, 7.3 MB)
Teachable Moments and Supporting Materials for Skin Under Pressure: Preventing Pressure Injury
Access the links below for Teachable Moments and supporting materials related to Skin Under Pressure: Preventing Pressure Injury.
Teachable Moments:
The Case of the Resident Who Needed To Be Repositioned (PDF, 10 MB)
Provides a case study of a resident who is at risk for pressure injury.
The Case of the Hoyer Lift That Was Not Disinfected (PDF, 9.8 MB)
Provides a case study to help prevent pressure injuries.
Pressure Injury Prevention: Fill in the Blank (Word, 606 KB)
Provides a fill-in-the-blank exercise about preventing pressure injury.
Name That Stage! (Word, 670 KB)
Provides a matching exercise for the staging of pressure injuries.
Supporting Materials:
Quick Pressure Injury Staging Guide (PDF, 1 MB)
Offers a guide for healthcare personnel to classify pressure injuries.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety: Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Provides resources to help long-term care facilities that utilize electronic medical records minimize the occurrence of in-facility pressure injuries.
