Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPI) are recognised worldwide as one of the top causes of harm to patients. Most HAPI’s are preventable if appropriate evidence-based measures are implemented quickly, including ongoing comprehensive risk assessments, skin care, regular re-positioning, use of appropriate support surfaces and targeted patient education.
Western Health’s new Pressure Injury Prevention and Management online learning module is now available on the WeLearn portal. It’s a fantastic, interactive module that covers skin assessment, risk factors, staging of pressure injuries, Incontinence Associated Dermatitis, pressure injury prevention equipment and EMR documentation requirements.
The new module takes approximately 45 minutes to complete as it contains a number of short videos that amount to approximately 20 minutes.
This is the third module in the Western Health’s Comprehensive Care WeLearn program, and complements the previous modules on Falls and Delirium.
Additionally our Pressure Injury Prevention Champion Training commences this in October, with training days scheduled for 17 October, 21 October and 24 October.
All training sessions are being held in the WHCRE building at Sunshine Hospital and we pleased to report all sessions are fully booked.
This is the beginning of our Pressure Injury Prevention Champion Program and we are excited to work with our teams to #Stop the Pressure.
Keep an eye out for our fantastic Pressure Injury Prevention t-shirts and Foot Check Cards coming soon!