Effective interventions for pressure ulcer prevention
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Effective interventions for pressure ulcer prevention

Joanna Bonomini Senior Nurse Tissue Viability, Barts and The London NHS Trust, The Royal London Hospital, London
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This article examines the causes of pressure ulcers and provides an overview of the best advice available in preventing them in the clinical setting. This should enable nurses to provide more effective interventions for preventing patients from developing pressure ulcers.

Nursing Standard. 17, 52, 45-50. doi: 10.7748/ns2003.09.17.52.45.c3457

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Jo.Bonomini@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk

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This article has been subject to double blind peer review

Keywords :

Dressings - Patients: positioning - Pressure sores

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10 September 2003 / Vol 17 issue 52

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