CompletedNot Applicable

Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Australia440 participantsStarted 2011-06

Plain-language summary

The study is designed as a randomised controlled trial of trauma patients admitted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) Emergency Department (ED) and subsequently transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Patients meeting the study inclusion criteria will be randomly allocated to either the control group that will receive usual pressure ulcer prevention strategies or the trial group that will receive usual care plus have a Mepilex Border Sacrum dressing applied to their sacrum and Mepilex Boarder Heel dressing applied to each heel in the ED. Hypothesis:Patients treated with Mepilex Border dressings will have a lower incidence rate of sacral and heel pressure ulcer development than patients receiving standard care.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * ED and ICU admission for critical illness and/or major trauma Over 18 years old Exclusion Criteria: * Less than 18 years old Suspected or actual spinal injury Pre-existing sacral or heel pressure ulcer Trauma to sacral and/or heel area

What they're measuring

Pressure ulcer incidence

Timeframe: Weekly

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01356459

SponsorMelbourne Health

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2013-01

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