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Process This 22 page paper looks at the occurrence and risk factors with pressure ulcers, also known as bedsores. The paper examined the various risk factors, including the healthcare based generic factors and the more specific medical risk factors. The scope and context of the risk are then discussed at four different levels; corporate or governmental, individual organizational levels, team based level and the individual level. The paper then considers the way the risks may be monitored. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
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22 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEpreulcer.rtf
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Programs 15 3.4 Individual Level 18 4. Scope of the Risks 19 4.1 Patient Care 19 4.2 Clinical Staff 19 4.3 Other Employees 20 4.4 Property 20 4.5 Finance 20 4.6 Corporate Governance 21 5. Risk Analysis 21 6. Risk Management Strategy 22 7. Monitoring and Review Process 23 References 24 1. Introduction
The development of pressure ulcers in a patient can be distressing and painful for the patients as well as placing an unnecessary burden on the heath care services and
providers. There is little doubt that the presence of pressure ulcer can reduce the quality of life for the sufferers which will then have impacts on other areas of physical
and mental health (Franks et al, 1999). The issue is not only health, but as well as injury, pressure ulcers can also cause or contribute to the causes of death.
Between 2001 and 2003 there were 923 deaths in Australia where a pressure ulcer was either the primary cause of death or was assessed as a contributory, or secondary factor
on the death (Landi, 2007; VGHI, 2007). The costs ulcer are also high in financial terms, Hibbs (1988) developed a formula to calculate the cost when applying this to
the UK, however the message was clear, that ulcers are costly and the further developed they become the higher the potential costs. In 1997 it is estimated the pressure ulcers
cost the Australian healthcare system A$350 million and with patients that develop ulcers being hospitalised for 50% longer than equivalent patients who do not develop a ulcer, there are also
indirect costs (VGHI, 2007). In order to consider the way these human and financial costs can be minimised the risk management process
of pressure ulcers needs to be examined. 2. Risk Factors in the Work Setting The risk of a patient developing an ulcer may be seen as relatively high. In
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