Optimal Patient Turning for Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pressure Ulcer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test whether optimal patient turning, strictly every 2 hours with at least 15 minutes of tissue decompression, reduces the occurrence of hospital acquired pressure ulcers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02533726

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

1312

Starts

2015-08-01

Expected to finish

2016-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-04-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults (>18 years of age)
• Admission to Intensive Care Unit

You may not qualify if…

• Children (<18 years of age)
• Adhesive allergy
• Physical limitation for sensor application

Where it is running

• Stanford Health Care — Stanford, California, United States

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