20th EPUAP Annual Meeting Rome, Italy

20th EPUAP Annual Meeting 2018

Rome, Italy

Interdisciplinary teamwork and technological innovations: A winning approach to pressure ulcer management

12-14 September 2018
EPUAP 2018 AWARDS

Experienced Investigator Award: Lisette Schoonhoven
The Holy Grail of pressure ulcer prevention

Novice Investigator Award: Peter Worsley
Technologies to alert clinicians of individual risk of pressure ulcer development

BEST 2018 FREE PAPER PRESENTATION AWARD

Guido Paolini
Preliminary experience with the use of NPWT over exposed vessels: Do we have to revise NPWT contraindications?

BEST 2018 STUDENT PRESENTATION AWARD

Anna Lechner
The Outcomes for Pressure Ulcer Trials (OUTPUTs) project: A scoping review about outcomes used in pressure ulcer prevention studies

EPUAP 2018 BEST POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD

Emer Shanley
P11: The impact of the Shanley Pressure Ulcer Prevention Programme (SPUPP) for older adults at risk of pressure ulceration, living in the community setting

JOURNAL OF TISSUE VIABILITY & JOURNAL OF CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS AWARDS

Journal of Tissue Viability: Sandrine Robineau
Evaluation of the impact of a therapeutic educational program concerning the prevention of risk of pressure ulcers for persons with a spinal cord lesion

Clinical Biomechanics: Aurélien Macron
Development and evaluation of simplified Finite Element model for pressure ulcer prevention in sitting posture

EPUAP QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AWARDS

Helen Strapp
Protecting the skin our patients live in: Implementing strategies to prevent pressure ulcers

Sarah Bradbury
Audit of incontinence-associated dermatitis prevalence and skin barrier product usage in nursing and residential homes in a Welsh health board

Julie Santy-Tomlinson
Student nurse preparation for pressure injury prevention practice: A quality improvement project using social media and teaching rounds

Jeannie Donnelly
Mind the gap: Reducing gaps in pressure ulcer documentation through small tests of change

EPUAP & 3M PRESSURE ULCER AND IAD INNOVATION AWARDS

Bethany Keenan
Biomechanics of heel pressure ulcers and the effect of Haglund’s deformity

Marjola Gjergji
Incontinence associated dermatitis (IAD) and perianal septic lesions in children with onco-haemathological diseases. Results of a protocol applied for IAD systematic prevention and early treatment 146 patients later

EPUAP AND BAMBINO GESU’ CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL PAEDIATRIC AWARDS

Serena Crucianelli
Atypical pressure ulcer presentation in paediatric disabilities and rare diseases: Personalized and properly tailored prevention

Deanna Johnson
Neonatal skin: How structural difference impact the diagnosis and healing of pressure injuries