The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) has released its 2007 descriptions of pressure ulcers, including the four stages. Currently, home health agencies use the definitions issued by the Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) as the basis for staging pressure ulcers and coding OASIS assessments. The NPUAP and the WOCN definitions and descriptions…
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