Sharp CA and White R.
Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment: Do we need a ‘golden hour?’
Journal of wound care vol 24, no 3, march 2015
Letter to the Editor
Screening patients on
admission using rapid clinical
judgement, focusing on
immobility, the only evidence
based risk factor for pressure
ulcer development,6 is the fastest
way to determine risk.
Interventions could then be
provided immediately and
pressure ulcers prevented.
Accordingly reducing delays in
screening for pressure ulcer risk
and providing pressure relief
within the first ‘golden hour’
must henceforth be considered
as the foundation of pressure
ulcer prevention. It is
unconscionable to delay
assessment for up to eight hours.
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