Development and Testing of an Algorithm to Prevent Medical Device-Related Pressure Injuries.

ABSTRACT: We developed and tested the effectiveness of an algorithm to prevent medical device-related pressure injuries in intensive care unit patients. It was developed in four stages: literature review and analysis of medical records; preliminary algorithm development; validation of the preliminary algorithm by experts in two rounds; and practical feasibility verification of the revised algorithm by 109 intensive care unit nurses. To verify the algorithm's effectiveness, we compared the incidence of medical device-related pressure injuries between 324 patients without algorithm application (control group) and 312 patients with algorithm application (experimental group). The outcomes were skin inspection of the medical device attachment, pressure injury evaluation, and implementation of pressure in

SUBMITTER: Seong YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8543706 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature