Pressure Ulcers: Effective communication about risk at all transitions in care

This is a secondary driver from effective and inclusive communication within the Pressure Ulcers driver diagram

Change ideas

The examples below show how this secondary driver can be implemented in practice. Additional change ideas can be found in the Pressure Ulcers driver diagram

Practitioner:

  • Reliable process for timely access to pressure redistributing equipment in new care setting

Team:

  • Use communication tool, for example, SBARD (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation, Decision) and include skin assessment in handover between care settings and other services
  • Process to share information about risk or presence of pressure ulcers to staff providing package of care

Organisation:

  • Process to include pressure ulcer information in immediate discharge letter

Evidence and resources

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