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Pressure injuries/ulcers (PIU) are a widespread and serious complication of reduced patient mobility. Annually, PI/Us occur in more than 2.5 million US patients, of whom approximately 60,000 die due to infection and other sequelae (Berlowitz et al., 2014).

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) in the USA have published new PI/U Prevention Guidelines.

‘Pressure injury in spinal cord injury: consensus statement’ reports a comprehensive insight into pressure injuries that affect spinal cord injury (SCI) patients.

Learn about the aetiology of pressure ulcers from Professor Amit Gefen who will share details of the inflammatory damage cascade, how localised oedema or sub-epidermal moisture (SEM) occurs and how technology can play a part in identifying the presence of localised oedema/SEM to enable early intervention in order to help prevent PUs.

Bruin Biometric, in collaboration with our Distributor partners Arjo, recently had an article in The Guardian’s Health Awareness Supplement, prominently featured in the Skin Health section, titled ‘A new approach is needed to assess the risk of pressure ulcers’.