Reducing Avoidable Pressure Injuries Conference

By attending this event, attendees can expect to improve their understanding of pressure injury prevention strategies and have regard to important considerations including:

• The effectiveness of the various devices, equipment and therapies available
• Understanding the incidence, prevalence and risk of pressure injuries in the different healthcare settings and patient populations
• Understanding the patient experience and engaging patient collaboration to reduce pressure injuries
• Defining avoidable and unavoidable pressure injuries
• Considering how guidelines can be implemented in clinical practice
• Ensuring risk assessment is conducted upon admission
• Considering change management strategies to increase awareness of the importance of reducing pressure injuries at the executive level

Speaker faculty includes:

• Nick Santamaria, University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Bill McGuiness, La Trobe University
• Kate Sharp, The Wound Centre
• Tracy Nowicki, The Prince Charles Hospital
• Terri Antonio, Ballarat Health Services
• Merrilyn Banks, Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital
• Catherine Steel, Princess Alexandra Hospital
• Lisa Cox, Consumer Advocate
• Sarah Sage, Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Sue Monaro, Concord Hospital
• Matthew Wilson, Liverpool Hospital
• Julie Ladhams, Queensland Spinal Cord Injuries Service
• Edel Murray, St. Vincents Private Hospital
• Cathy Sommerville, Western Health
• Debbie Blanchfield, Wollongong Hospital
• Judy Wells, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
• Julie Ladhams, Queensland Spinal Cord Injuries Service
• Sue Monaro, Concord Hospital

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A comprehensive program covering:

• Ensuring risk assessment as a safety and quality priority
• Cutting edge innovations in pressure ulcer prevention
• Discussion on avoidable vs unavoidable pressure ulcers
• Evaluating the guidelines and the impact on benchmarking, monitoring and performance review
• Introducing management processes to achieve sustainable culture change
• Working in partnership with patients and their carers to reduce pressure ulcers
• Evaluating outcomes with the use of technological advancements
• Role of nutrition in preventing pressure ulcers
• At risk patients with spinal cord injury

To go to the conference website click here

Dates

Thu 20 Sep 2012 - Fri 21 Sep 2012 (All day)

Location

Novotel Melbourne on Collins
270 Collins Street
Melbourne Vic 3000
Phone 03 9667 5800

Pricing

See registration section on website

Contact

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Additional Information

Created 17th July 2012