The previous article in this series helped answered the question - What is a pressure ulcer? - as well as outlining how prevalent they are, how they develop and who is at risk of developing a pressure ulcer. In this article, we’ll be looking at answering another key question - What are the stages of a pressure ulcer? - and we’ll also look at the cost of prevention vs treatment of the various stages of pressure ulcers.The EPUAP (European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel), NPUAP...

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