Hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) on two medical-surgical units were identified as financial and patient outcome concerns. A project to reduce HAPIs to zero on the units was developed and implemented. HAPIs decreased from six in 2015 to zero in 2016, and this outcome has been sustained.

Jan 1, 2019 · The comprehensive wound care prevention program, with the addition of mid-week skin sweeps and use of the HELP-U cart in the medical-surgical inpatient units, has resulted in zero HAPIs in over 2 years.

Mar 5, 2021 · The collective effort of the education, practice changes and routine communication helped the 3 Medical-Surgical Unit achieve its goal to reduce HAPIs. The unit’s prevalence of hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPI) Stage 2 and above in September, October and November 2019 was 0%.

Risk of readmissions, mortality, and hospital-acquired conditions across hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) stages in a US National Hospital Discharge database. International wound journal, 17(6), 1924–1934.

From April of 2021 to today, the Medical Telemetry department has had zero HAPIs (see Figure 3). The department has had more than 700 days without a stage 1 or 2 HAPI, and more than 3,600 days without a stage 3 or 4 HAPI.

This goal of zero HAPIs was achievable because the evidence shows that HAPIs are preventable and the expectation by CMS is to eliminate their occurrence (CMS.gov, 2021). The relevance

Numerous medical devices used in rehabilitation settings-cervical collars, knee immobilizers, nasal cannula, extremity slings, and continuous positive airway pressure masks, for example-put patients at risk for hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs).

A not-for-profit integrated healthcare system in the Western United States lowered its surgical HAPIs to 0% and recorded 48 months with no pressure-related injuries. Learn how they did it by reading this free case study.

Jeniffer Naycalo, DNP, RN, CNS, CCRN conducted an evidence-based project on 7N, a high-risk telemetry, stroke unit to determine the effects of using a sacral protective dressing along with standard practice to reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs).

What is a Zero Harm Meeting? A confidential and privileged product of a peer review committee including discussions of Hospital Acquired Injuries (HAIs): Falls with Injury, HAPI, CAUTI, CLABSI. A leadership team implemented a 30 minute weekly meeting to review HAIs that occurred the previous month. The meeting objective is