Journal Articles

Medical device-related pressure ulcers in premature babies

Share this article

Medical device-related pressure ulcers in premature babies

Alison Chandler, Jane Lewis, Ryan Hare
9 November 2016

The prevention of pressure ulcers (PUs) has become a hot topic, with significant investment of both time and money being devoted to reducing the number of pressure-related injuries acquired within the NHS. A number of babies on our neonatal unit developed facial PUs that were caused by continued pressure from non-invasive ventilation. This lead the unit to develop a team to review the causes, and formulate a plan for reducing PU incidence, focusing on premature babies of 25 to 30 weeks gestation. This article outlines the literature around neonatal pressure ulcers, and how the review team adapted practice on the unit.

Free for all healthcare professionals

Sign up to the Wounds Group journals





By clicking ‘Subscribe’, you are agreeing that the Wounds Group are able to email you periodic newsletters. You may unsubscribe from these at any time. Your info is safe with us and we will never sell or trade your details. For information please review our privacy policy.

Are you a healthcare professional? This website is for healthcare professionals only. To continue, please confirm that you are a healthcare professional below.

We use cookies responsibly to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your browser settings, we’ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on this website. Read about how we use cookies.

I am not a healthcare professional.