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Health inequities in Pressure Injury Prevention

Focusing on an important aspect of current research in healthcare, this section details the research conducted to support the benefits of using SEM assessment technology to combat the health inequities of pressure injury prevention in areas such as skin tone and wheelchair-bound patients.

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Integrating the 2025 Guidelines into Practice for Patients with Dark Skin Tones (DST)

Pusey E et al. 2025. Presented at NPIAP Annual Conference, Dallas, USA

Aims: The aims of this presentation were:
1. Identify new recommendations for assessing, preventing, and treating pressure injuries in individuals with dark skin tones.
2. Apply evidence-based skin assessment techniques and emerging technologies to enhance early identification of pressure injuries in dark skin tones.
3. Integrate new prevention protocols, standardized assessment tools, and targeted treatment approaches to improve patient outcomes.

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Enhanced Skin Assessment Methodology to Detect Early Tissue Damage and Prevent Pressure Injuries

Pittman J, et al. 2024. Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a skin assessment technique, subepidermal moisture (SEM) assessment, to assess, identify, and prevent pressure injuries (PIs) in critically ill adults.

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Shedding New Light for Nurses: Enhancing Pressure Injury Prevention Across Skin Tones with Sub-epidermal Moisture Assessment Technology

Osborne Chambers C. et al 2024. Journal of Advanced Nursing

Aim: To assess the effectiveness of sub-epidermal moisture (SEM) assessment technology in the detection of early-stage pressure damage in a critical care unit (CCU) and dark skin tone patients and its impact on hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) incidence.

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Impaired Mobility and Pressure Ulcer Development in Older Adults: Excess Movement and Too Little Movement – Two Sides of the One Coin?

Budri A. et al. 2020. Journal of Clinical Nursing

Aim: To identify how activity and mobility lead to pressure injury development, using two objective assessments, one for mobility and one for early pressure injury detection.

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Sub-Epidermal Moisture Surrounding Pressure Ulcers in Persons With a Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study.

Harrow J. et al. 2014. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Aim: Characterization of a non-invasive method of quantifying sub-epidermal moisture (SEM) surrounding stages III and IV pressure injuries in spinal cord injury (SCI).

Bibliography

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