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Skin tear prevention and management among patients in the acute aged care and rehabilitation units in the Australian Capital Territory: A best practice implementation project

Date

Authors

Lopez, Violeta

Dunk, Ann Marie

Parke, Jill

Larkin, David

Trudinger, Maria

Stuart, Margaret

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia

Abstract

Background: A skin tear is a traumatic wound that results from the separation of the skin layers due to shearing forces, friction or blunt trauma that affects all people. Numerous preventative measures aim to reduce the skin tears and minimise conditions

Keywords

Keywords: acute disease; age; aged; Australia; elderly care; female; health care quality; health survey; human; injury; male; medical audit; practice guideline; prevalence; program development; quality control; rehabilitation center; review; skin; skin disease; sta Aged care; Evidence-based practice; Implementation; Quality indicator; Wound care

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/59213

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1744-1609.2011.00234.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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