On April 13, 2016, the National
Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) announced that the term “pressure injury”
replaces “pressure ulcer” in the NPUAP Pressure Injury Staging System and also
announced several updates to the Staging System.
The Division of Quality
Assurance encourages all providers who are involved with pressure injury
prevention and treatment to learn more about these important changes by
visiting the NPUAP website located at http://www.npuap.org/national-pressure-ulcer-advisory-panel-npuap-announces-a-change-in-terminology-from-pressure-ulcer-to-pressure-injury-and-updates-the-stages-of-pressure-injury/
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