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    New 2017 Pressure Injury (Ulcer) staging standards

    There is a new staging system, which includes the following:

    Suspected Deep Tissue Injury (DTI)
    Stage I pressure injury
    Stage II pressure injury
    Stage III pressure injury
    Stage IV pressure injury
    Unable to stage pressure injury (due to being mostly or all covered by eschar or slough)

    Also, the new terminology being rolled out has eliminated the terms "pressure ulcer", "pressure sore", "decubitus ulcer" or "bed sore" in favor of "pressure INJURY":

    https://npuap.org/page/PressureInjuryStages

    (KLD)
    Last edited by SCI-Nurse; 26 Aug 2019, 9:13 AM.
    The SCI-Nurses are advanced practice nurses specializing in SCI/D care. They are available to answer questions, provide education, and make suggestions which you should always discuss with your physician/primary health care provider before implementing. Medical diagnosis is not provided, nor do the SCI-Nurses provide nursing or medical care through their responses on the CareCure forums.
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    Just one of those quirky observations, but...The NPUAP or National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel who now recommends the use of Pressure Injuries rather than Pressure Sores, Pressure Ulcers, Decubitus Ulcers or Bed Sores, for now, maintains the name of National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel.

    That aside, the website looks like a good resource.,
    Last edited by gjnl; 4 Mar 2017, 6:07 PM.

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      Yes, everyone has been joking about that for some time...The European and the Pan Pacific Pressure Ulcer Advisory Councils made this change too, and they haven't changed their name either.

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      The SCI-Nurses are advanced practice nurses specializing in SCI/D care. They are available to answer questions, provide education, and make suggestions which you should always discuss with your physician/primary health care provider before implementing. Medical diagnosis is not provided, nor do the SCI-Nurses provide nursing or medical care through their responses on the CareCure forums.

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        Originally posted by SCI-Nurse View Post
        Yes, everyone has been joking about that for some time...The European and the Pan Pacific Pressure Ulcer Advisory Councils made this change too, and they haven't changed their name either.

        (KLD)
        Oh good. I was hoping you weren't thinking I was being snarky.

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          The link above, being 5 years old, is no longer valid. The new name of the organization is the The National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel and the link to the descriptions of different stages of pressure injuries is here:
          https://cdn.ymaws.com/npiap.com/reso...ury_stages.pdf

          with illustrations available here:
          https://npiap.com/store/ViewProduct.aspx?id=14358675

          (KLD)
          The SCI-Nurses are advanced practice nurses specializing in SCI/D care. They are available to answer questions, provide education, and make suggestions which you should always discuss with your physician/primary health care provider before implementing. Medical diagnosis is not provided, nor do the SCI-Nurses provide nursing or medical care through their responses on the CareCure forums.
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