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Alternating pressure systems: reducing user error

11 June 1997

Nursing Standard

Special focus: tissue viability

The use oe eefective pressure relieving equipment Pressure-relieving equipment continues to play a major role in the prevention and management of pressure sores. It...

Managing pressure sores

01 June 1998

Primary Health Care

RCN continuing education

Continuing Education articles are run in conjunction with the RCN Institute to help you to maintain and develop your clinical practice and which you can use to meet...

Assessment of support surfaces

26 February 1992

Nursing Standard

Supplement tissue viability

Objective assessment of support surfaces, predominantly mattresses and cushions, is difficult. Pressure is often the only factor that can be measured to obtain any...

The use of honey in wound management

29 November 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Honey has been used as a wound treatment for more than 2,000 years. Greater scientific understanding of how it works, particularly as an antibacterial agent, has led...