Clinical practice guidelines. Pressure ulcers in adults: prediction and prevention. Panel for the Prediction and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in Adults.

This clinical practice guideline makes specific recommendations for identifying at-risk adults and for defining early interventions for preventing pressure ulcers. The guideline may also be used to treat Stage I pressure ulcers (nonblanchable erythema of intact skin). These guideline recommendations are not intended as the basis of care of infants and children, nor do they apply to individuals with existing Stage II or greater pressure ulcers or to individuals who are fully mobile.