Survey Results from the Gulf Region: NPUAP Changes in Pressure Injury Terminology and Definitions

Barbara Delmore1, Elizabeth A Ayello, Hiske Smart

  • 1Barbara Delmore, PhD, RN, CWCN, MAPWCA, IIWCC-NYU, is Senior Nurse Scientist, Center for Innovations in the Advancement of Care, and Clinical Assistant Professor, Hansjörg Wyss, Department of Plastic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York. Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, RN, CWON, ETN, MAPWCA, FAAN, is the co-Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Skin & Wound Care; Faculty, Excelsior College School of Nursing, Albany, New York; President, World Council of Enterostomal Therapists; and President, Ayello Harris & Associates, Inc, Copake, New York. Hiske Smart, MA Nursing Science (PU for CHE), Hons B Soc Sc Nursing Science (UFS), RN, IIWCC-CAN, is Clinical Nurse Specialist, Wound Care and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Unit, King Hamad University Hospital, Bahrain. Gulnaz Tariq, BSc, MS, IIWCC-CAN, is Wound & Skin Care Manager, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). R. Gary Sibbald, MD, DSc (Hons), MEd, BSc, FRCPC (Med Derm), FAAD, MAPWCA, JM, is the co-Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Skin & Wound Care; Professor of Medicine and Public Health and Director, International Interprofessional Wound Care Course & Masters of Science in Community Health (Prevention & Wound Care), Dalla Lana Faculty of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Acknowledgments: The authors thank Salvacion Cruz and her team for assistance in data collection in the UAE; Gary Kwok for his efforts; and Evan X. Accardi for his tremendous help with inputting, organizing, and analyzing the data. As of January 2017, Dr Delmore is currently serving a 3-year term as a National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) board member. Dr Ayello is a past NPUAP president and board member. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted April 28, 2018; accepted in revised form July 23, 2018.

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