Sage Products Sponsors Barbara Braden Symposium at WOCN Conference
Sage Products LLC announces that it is the sponsor of a symposium by Barbara Braden, PhD, RN, at the WOCN® Society’s 46th Annual Conference, to be held on June 23, 2014. Braden, who is the creator of the Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk, will speak about pressure ulcer prevention. The symposium, titled “Pressure Ulcer Prevention: The Ordinary and the Novel,” will enhance the participants' understanding of the risk factors, etiology and prevention of sacral and heel pressure ulcers. Braden’s presentation will be available after the symposium during the conference at the Sage Products Booth #853.
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