Adoption of Research‐Based Practice for Treatment of Pressure Ulcers in Long‐Term Care
作者:
Rita Frantz,
Sue Gardner,
Pamela Harvey,
Janet Specht,
期刊:
Decubitis
(OVID Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 5,
issue 1
页码: 44-55
ISSN:0898-1655
年代: 1992
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Implementation of a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of electrotherapy on pressure ulcer healing provided the stimulus for adopt ion of research-based innovations for pressure ulcer treatment in one long-term care facility. A five-year retrospective study conducted prior to introduction of the clinical trial revealed that 72 different treatments were applied to pressure ulcers. Forty-two percent of the pressure ulcers were left open to the air or covered with a dry gauze dressing and 64% were treated with some type of antiseptic solution. Since implementation of the clinical trial and the accompanying access to wound healing research knowledge it provided in this setting, the prevailing treatment for pressure ulcers has become moist physiologic dressings.
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