CMS to Put Pressure on Providers for Decubitus Ulcer Prevention

For instance, a program called Pressure Ulcer Prevention Protocol Interventions (PUPPI) found that assessing risk and nutritional status, providing skin care and offering referrals (if appropriate) decreased the amount of pressure ulcers patients received by more than 50 percent.¹

The “NO ULCERS© bundle” developed by the New Jersey Hospital Association reduced pressure ulcer incidents by 70 percent and pressure ulcer prevalence by 30 percent in 20 months.¹

The NO ULCERS© bundle stands for:

Nutrition and fluid status

Observation of skin

Up and walking or turn and position

Lift (don’t drag) skin

Clean skin and continence care

Elevate heels

Risk assessment

Support surfaces for pressure redistribution