1. The Prevention of Pressure Ulcers
... repositioning schedules and positioning angles were necessary to make valid recommendations. One year later, in 2009, the Queensland Government published a set of guidelines that encouraged health care settings to initiate repositioning every two hours. Similar to Krapfl and Gray (2008), the guidelines stated that while this was a general recommendation, repositioning was just one aspect of pressure ulcer ... prevention and the schedule should take into account the patient's medical condition, comfort, overall care plan and support surface being used ( ... on their side at 90° should ...
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