This is a secondary driver from safe clinical and care processes for pressure ulcer prevention, assessment, and treatment 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:
- Handovers during transitions in care include grade of pressure ulcers
Team:
- Pressure ulcer grading for all skin tones using the Scottish Adapted Grading Tool
Organisation:
- Access to tissue viability expertise to support consistent grading
Evidence and resources
- National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel. Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers and Injuries: Clinical Practice Guideline [online]. 2026
- Right Decisions Service. Scottish wound assessment and action guide (SWAAG) [online]. 2025
- Society of Tissue Viability. Skin assessment: Assessing skin on patients with darker skin tones in relation to PU prevention [online]. 2021