Repositioning to prevent pressure sores — what is the evidence?
Michael Clark Senior Research Fellow, Wound Healing Research Unit, University of Wales College of Medicine
The prevention of pressure sores by frequent repositioning of patients is a widely accepted practice. In this article, the author questions whether this should be so and suggests that there may be more effective ways of relieving pressure damage.
Nursing Standard.
13, 3, 58-64.
doi: 10.7748/ns1998.10.13.3.58.c2535
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