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Pressure ulcer prevention hotel dieu shaver health and rehabilitation centre
1. Elizabeth Pearson RN, BScN, MN(c)
Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre
St. Catharines, Ontario
2. Background
134 bed rehabilitation and
complex care facility
Goal – To create a pressure
ulcer prevention program
that delivered quality skin
and wound care, was
evidence based and
prevention focused
Outcome – Decrease in
incidence skin rate from
>30% to < 5 % (2013)
Resources
RNAO Best Practice
Guidelines (BPG) for
pressure ulcer prevention
and the Canadian
Association of Wound Care
(CAWC)
SWOT Analysis
Inventory of current
practices & resources
Baseline Prevalence and
Incidence Skin Audit
3. Strategies
Multidisciplinary committee
to provide overall
leadership, direction and
guidance
Wound Care Champions –
front-line nursing staff
Person Centre care plans
Standardization of
therapeutic surfaces and
skin care products
Strategies
Therapeutic Surface
Algorithm
Weekly Braden Scale with
Risk Related Intervention
Algorithm
Two Cal HN Med Pass
Program Order Set
Staff Education
Twice yearly Prevalence &
Incidence Skin Audits
4. Challenges
Staff buy-in of Wound Care
Champions
Keeping track of surface
inventory
Utilization of skin care
products
Relating prevention
implementation strategies to
the Braden Score
Connecting Med Pass to
Pressure ulcer prevention
Lessons Learned
Change is a slow process
It takes a team …
Need to celebrate success
along the way
Measurement & data speak
volumes
Report data to stakeholders
Senior Team support is
critical to success &
sustainability