Implementación de un proyecto de mejora de la calidad para reducir los incidentes de lesiones por presión adquiridas

Saqer Al Mualla1, Noura Salim, Salma Saeed

  • 1At Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Saqer Al Mualla, PhD, is Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Head of Plastic and Regenerative Center; Noura Salim, IIWCC, MSc, is Head of Regenerative and Research Center Unit, Wound and Hyperbaric Physician; Salma Saeed, IIWCC, MSc, is Wound and Hyperbaric Physician; and Nasreen Abdelatif Khalid, IWCC, MSc, and Shiby Varghese, RN, IIWCC, BSN, are Wound/Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse.

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Resumen

Un proyecto de mejora de la calidad redujo significativamente las lesiones por presión adquiridas en el hospital (HAPI) en un 75% en 2023. Esta iniciativa mejoró la calidad de vida de los pacientes y acortó las estancias hospitalarias.

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