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A New Look for the CAWC Pressure Ulcer Awareness and Prevention (PUAP) Program
The CAWC’s Pressure Ulcer Awareness and Prevention (PUAP) program will have a new look in January 2010!
After successfully reducing the prevalence and incidence of pressure ulcers in facilities across Canada, the CAWC is expanding the PUAP program in order to enable more institutions to achieve significant benefits for their patients and clients.
Beginning in January, the PUAP program will fall under the umbrella of the new CAWC Institute of Wound Management and Prevention (CAWC Institute). The CAWC Institute will provide professional training in basic and advanced wound management, as well as in the prevention of pressure ulcers and other chronic wounds. The Institute will consist of a number of levels of professional education related to wound management and prevention. Level 3 will focus on prevention, drawing heavily from the former PUAP program. A pressure ulcer prevention program starter kit will be available for purchase for those who complete Level 3.
The first Level 3 prevention workshop will be offered in Toronto in March 2010. Stay tuned for more details!
So what do these changes mean for you?
First, rather than purchase the former program for an annual fee, our new prevention program will offer greater flexibility. You will be able to develop and train “prevention champion teams” and implement a prevention program in your facility according to your needs. Send your prevention “site champions” to Level 3 of the CAWC Institute and purchase a pressure ulcer prevention program starter kit to implement in your facility. Additional materials to help you prevent pressure ulcers and other chronic wounds will be available for purchase in future through our online Boutique.
Second, site champions can register and be trained any time the Level 3 prevention workshop is offered.
Third, those who attend the Level 3 prevention workshop will have unlimited access – free of charge – to pressure ulcer prevention experts through the CAWC website.
If you would like more information, please contact us via e-mail at info@cawc.net or visit our website at www.cawc.net in January 2010.
Un nouveau visage pour le programme de sensibilisation et de prévention des ulcères de pression (PUAP) de l’ACSP
Le programme de sensibilisation et de prévention des ulcères de pression (PUAP) de l’ACSP évoluera en janvier 2010 !
Après avoir réussi à diminuer la prévalence et l’incidence des ulcères de pression dans les établissements de soins au Canada, l’ACSP développe le programme PUAP pour que davantage d’organisations puissent procurer à leurs patients et clients d’importants bienfaits.
Le programme PUAP débutera au mois de janvier et sera placé sous l’égide du nouvel Institut pour la gestion et la prévention des plaies de l’ACSP (Institut de l’ACSP). Ce dernier offrira une formation professionnelle sur les principes fondamentaux et approfondis de la gestion des plaies, de la prévention des ulcères de pression et d’autres plaies chroniques. Différents niveaux d’éducation professionnelle sur la gestion et la prévention des ulcères de pression seront constitués. Le Niveau 3 sera axé sur la prévention, et son contenu sera largement tiré du précédent programme PUAP. Ceux qui termineront le niveau 3 pourront faire l’acquisition d’un guide d’information sur le programme de prévention des ulcères de pression.
Le premier atelier de Niveau 3 sur la prévention aura lieu à Toronto au mois de mars 2010. Restez connecté pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements !
Qu’est-ce qui va réellement changer pour vous ?
Tout d’abord, notre nouveau programme de prévention offrira une plus grande souplesse ; vous n’aurez plus besoin de verser une cotisation annuelle pour obtenir le programme. Par ailleurs, vous pourrez constituer et former des « équipes championnes de la prévention » et mettre en place au sein de votre établissement un programme de prévention pour répondre à vos besoins. Faites parvenir le nom de membres de votre équipe des champions de la prévention à l’Institut de l’ACSP – Niveau 3 – et achetez le guide du programme de prévention des ulcères de pression devant être mis en œuvre dans votre établissement. Des documents supplémentaires destinés à vous aider à éviter les ulcères de pression et les autres plaies chroniques seront prochainement disponibles dans notre boutique en ligne.
Deuxièmement, les équipes des champions de la prévention peuvent s’inscrire et suivre une formation lorsque l’atelier sur la prévention – Niveau 3 – sera offert.
Troisièmement, les participants à l’atelier sur la prévention du Niveau 3 pourront communiquer avec les spécialistes de la prévention des ulcères de pression via le site Web de l’ACSP gratuitement et autant qu’ils le voudront.
Si vous souhaitez obtenir de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec nous par courriel info@cawc.net ou consulter notre site Web www.cawc.net en janvier 2010.
About the Pressure Ulcer Awareness Program
A few years ago, the Canadian Association of Wound Care (CAWC) funded a study to determine the extent of chronic wounds in Canada. The results of the study, by Drs. Gail Woodbury and Pamela Houghton, indicated that the prevalence of pressure ulcers was 25% in acute care, 30% in non-acute care, 22% in mixed health-care settings, and 15% in community care1. The mean prevalence overall was 26%.
These figures translate into untold patient suffering, caregiver anguish, extra work for health-care providers, and millions spent in health-care dollars—all for a largely preventable condition.
This is clearly a problem that needs attention, and the CAWC created an awareness and prevention program on pressure ulcers to address it.
To properly develop and implement the program, the CAWC ran a pilot in five facilities across the country, which was completed in September 2006. The results from our initial pilot and from the facilities currently implementing the program indicate that the CAWC's Pressure Ulcer Awareness and Prevention program can make a difference in preventing pressure ulcers!
For more information, please read "What Pressure Ulcers are Costing You" Brochure.
If you are interested in implementing the program, please visit the Facilities area of this Web site.
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Overall Program Objectives
The aim of the CAWC’s Pressure Ulcer Awareness program is to promote practice change through a multi-layered program that:
1) Advocates for administrative support for a positive change in culture within the facility
2) Provides educational tools and materials necessary to promote the ideals of best practice
3) Empowers patients and their families to understand how their involvement in patient care can help reduce the development of pressure ulcers
4) Provides impetus for government and health officials to create policies that will support activities and processes that will reduce pressure ulcers nationwide
Reference
1. Woodbury MG, Houghton PE. Prevalence of pressure ulcers in Canadian health-care settings. Ostomy/Wound Management. 2004;50(10):22-38.
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