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Should the EPUAP adopt the NPUAP’s new pressure ulcer terminology and definitions?

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Should the EPUAP adopt the NPUAP’s new pressure ulcer terminology and definitions?

Harm Smit, Jacqui Fletcher, Karen Ousey, Lisette Schoonhoven, Zena Moore
31 August 2017

As healthcare professionals involved in tissue viability, constant monitoring and effective reporting of pressure damage are a daily activity. Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUINs) payments framework were introduced in 2009 (Department of Health [DH], 2010) with clear targets to reduce pressure ulcers on a year-by-year basis. Subsequently, the NHS Five Year Forward View (DH, 2014) set out the vision for promoting wellbeing, preventing ill health and promoting quality.

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