Protect Your Birthday Suit

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Protect Your Birthday Suit
Awareness week 27th September 1st October
No Needless Skin Breakdown
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In Partnership with
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Protect Your Birthday Suit
A pressure ulcer is localized injury to the skin
and/or underlying tissue usually over a bony
prominence, as a result of pressure, or pressure
in combination with shear. A number of
contributing or confounding factors are also
associated with pressure ulcers the significance
of these factors is yet to be elucidated. EPUAP
2009
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National and Local Agenda

• HIA
• QIPP
• Safeguarding adults / children
• PSF

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Zero Tolerance
No avoidable Pressure Ulcers
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What can we do to achieve this?
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Prevent Pressure Ulcers Think SKIN
S - Skin inspection Support surface K -
Keep moving I - Incontinence N - Nutrition
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Getting to Zero Tool Kit

• Safety briefings
• Safety Cross
• Intentional Rounding / Skin Bundle
• Visual clues
• 4 eyed Skin Check
• Improvement Methodology / PDSA

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Challenge

• What can you do today?
• What can you do by next Tuesday?

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Contact us
Weh-tr.noneedlessskinbreakdown_at_nhs.net