The effect of COVID-19 on the pressure injury reporting gap.

Publication/Presentation Date

9-1-2022

Abstract

Responsibilities placed on nurses increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital-acquired PI monitoring was deferred in favor of more critical patient needs. It was hypothesized that a counterintuitive dip in HAPI reporting would be observed despite maximum hospital capacity across much of the United States. The electronic medical records of patients treated in the YNHH System between December 2017 and February 2021 were retrospectively reviewed to identify patients with HAPIs, defined as PIs not documented upon admission but subsequently present during the patient's hospital stay. Paired t test revealed a significantly lower number of reported incidents mid-pandemic than during the prepandemic baseline months (P

Volume

34

Issue

9

First Page

220

Last Page

222

ISSN

1943-2704

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

36219458

Department(s)

Department of Surgery, Fellows and Residents, Department of Surgery Residents

Document Type

Article

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