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Useful Links
Canadian Association of Wound Care
www.cawc.net
Canadian Association of Wound Care Discussion Forum
www.cawc.net/open/ubb/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro
Risk Assessment and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers - Revised 2005
(rnao.ets.net/Page.asp?PageID=924&ContentID=816)
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (U.S.)
(www.npuap.org)
European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (Europe)
(www.epuap.org/glprevention.html)
AHCPR-Supported Clinical Practice Guidelines:
Pressure Ulcers in Adults: Prediction and Prevention
(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid=hstat2.chapter.4409)
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
(www.chpca.net/home.htm)
National Policy and Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging
(www.fiu.edu/~nutreldr/SubjectList/P/Pressure_Ulcers.htm#4)
Quality Indicators for Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers in Vulnerable Elders
(www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/135/8_Part_2/744)
Articles
The Extent of Chronic Wounds in Canada: What We Know and What We Don't Know - M. Gail Woodbury and Pamela E. Houghton • Article (PDF) • Minimizing Bias in Prevalence and Incidence Studies (HTML). (Wound Care Canada. 2005;3(1):18-21,5.)
Best Practices for the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers (PDF) • Ken Dolynchuk, David Keast, Karen Campbell, Pam Houghton, Heather Orsted, Gary Sibbald,Angela Atkinson
Intact Skin – An Integrity Not to be Lost (PDF) • R. Gary Sibbald, Karen Campbell, Patricia Coutts, Douglas Queen
The Process of Developing Best Practice Guidelines for Nurses in Ontario: Risk Assessment and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers (PDF) • Frances E. MacLeod, Margaret B. Harrison, and Ian D. Graham
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