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
Published In/Presented At
Sasson, D. C., Patel, S. M., Duan, K., Signore, C., & Hsia, H. C. (2022). The effect of COVID-19 on the pressure injury reporting gap. Wounds : a compendium of clinical research and practice, 34(9), 220–222. https://doi.org/10.25270/wnds/21148
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
36219458
Department(s)
Department of Surgery, Fellows and Residents, Department of Surgery Residents
Document Type
Article