Industry News
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4/19/2017
NPUAP Releases Pressure Injury Staging Clarifications >
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) has published a Position Statement clarifying its 2016 pressure injury terminology and staging changes. The document was designed to expand upon the NPUAP's position and to respond to requests for further explanation.
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9/21/2016
NPUAP Releases Changes to Pressure Injury Terminology and Updates Stages >
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) published a manuscript documenting the proceedings at the consensus conference held in April 2016, announcing terminology and staging changes that will affect how clinicians classify pressure injuries. NPUAP used a methodical and collaborative approach to examine the available evidence and incorporated current interdisciplinary clinical expertise to better define the important phenomenon of pressure injury etiology and development.
