The pressures placed on quality care are mounting from all sides
Patients in U.S. acutecare facilities suffer from Pressure Ulcers
Die from complications each year
Annual treatment cost of Pressure Ulcers in the U.S. $ 70,000 for one facility
Pressure injuries are a growing problem that affects practically every aspect of a health system. Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers and injuries are causing significant patient harm and treatment is becoming increasingly expensive
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Application guides
- Mepilex Border Sacrum application guide (2.45 MB)
- Mepilex Border Heel application guide (2 MB)
- Mepilex Border Flex Instruction for Use (3.09 MB)
Prevention of PUs by location
PU portfolio decision aid
PU brochure on treatment and prevention of PUs
Mölnlycke Advantage webinars (PUP educational content)
Protecting your patients from heel pressure ulcers. Amit Gefen & Joyce Black
Protecting the sacrum, algorithms of care for preventing sacral pressure ulcers in critically ill patients. Amit Gefen and Nick Santamaria
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