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Pressure Ulcers: Risk assessment, skin assessment and care
Preventing venous leg ulcer recurrence
Management of Venous of Leg Ulcers
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Procedural Checklists
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Alternatively, you may wish to use the paper version of this, which you can open here (and print if required):
Other Materials
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals: An introduction to Pressure ulcers
www.video.sth.nhs.uk/tissue-viability
Classification of Pressure ulcers
www.cntw.nhs.uk/content/uploads/2016/11/TV-PGN-02-App2-EPUAPClass-PressureUlcersV03-Iss2-Oct-19.pdf
Pressure Ulcer Categorisation
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Next review: August 2023
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