1. The Prevention of Pressure Ulcers
One year later, in 2009, the Queensland Government published a set of guidelines that encouraged health care settings to initiate repositioning every two hours. ... Stockton, Gebhardt and Clark, in 2009 echoed the sentiments of the Queensland Government (2009), finding that high risk patients should sit for no longer than two hours at a time then be returned to bed (ideally with a pressure redistribution mattress), or where appropriate the individual should be encouraged to mobilize before lying down and avoid sitting down again for at least one hour in order to encourage tissue reperfusion. ...
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