A one day prevalence survey was performed in a University Hospital, with the aim of assessing the risk of developing a pressure sore by patients systematically assessed with the Waterlow Scale. Out of the 141 at risk patients, 16 had a pressure sore (11.3%). For six of them the sore was already present at admission so that the in hospital incidence was 7% (10 patients). Most at risk patients (74.4) were still cared on a standard mattress. The advantages and limits of prevalence surveys are discussed at the end of the three articles that present a prevalence survey, an incidence survey and the study of sentinel events.
Studio di prevalenza delle lesioni da decubito in un ospedale lombardo / S. Biasioli, A.L.L. Destrebecq, S. Longobardo, A. Negri, P. Tacconi, A. Sponton. - In: ASSISTENZA INFERMIERISTICA E RICERCA. - ISSN 1592-5986. - 21:1(2002 Jan), pp. 14-16.
Studio di prevalenza delle lesioni da decubito in un ospedale lombardo
A.L.L. DestrebecqSecondo
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2002
Abstract
A one day prevalence survey was performed in a University Hospital, with the aim of assessing the risk of developing a pressure sore by patients systematically assessed with the Waterlow Scale. Out of the 141 at risk patients, 16 had a pressure sore (11.3%). For six of them the sore was already present at admission so that the in hospital incidence was 7% (10 patients). Most at risk patients (74.4) were still cared on a standard mattress. The advantages and limits of prevalence surveys are discussed at the end of the three articles that present a prevalence survey, an incidence survey and the study of sentinel events.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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