Resources PUTZ

Please Note: All information was correct and up to date at time of publication, please also refer to the HSE National Wound Management Guidelines (2018)

General Information

  • Tissue Viability Patient Safety Tool Box Talks©:
  1. Leg Ulcer Management
  2. Pressure Ulcers
  3. Wound Assessment
  4. Aseptic Non-Touch Technique

Reports

Final Report PUTZ Collaborative Phase 3 (March 2018)

Resource Pack 

1 Training Programme
2 Knowledge and Skills Self-Assessment Evaluation Form
3 HSE National PUTZ Advisory Terms of Reference
4 Participant’s Handbook
5

Articles and papers

Shanley Pressure Ulcer Prevention Summary
6

PUTZ Process

SSKIN

Visual Cues

Multidisciplinary Teams Approach

Skin inspection

Surface

Keep

Incontinence/Moisture

Nutrition/Hydration

Small Changes

Additional Information

SSKIN Care Bundle Example
7

Measurement

- Recording Your Pressure Ulcer Data

- Safety Cross Template

- Key evidence based interventions - Measurement - Safety Cross/Model for Improvement

- Risk and SSKIN Care Bundle Compliance Example
8

Grading of Pressure Ulcer

- HSE 2018Pressure Ulcer Category/Staging System

- SSKIN Excoriation Tool for Incontinent Patients
9

Patient Information leaflet(How to recognise and relieve Pressure Ulcers)
10 Story Board day 1 – day 2
11 National QI Toolkit
12 Action Period 1 – Cavan & Cork
13 Action Period 2 – Cavan & Cork
14 Action Period 3 – Cavan & Cork

Occupational Therapy Handouts (Learning Session 1 Cork - Megan Goodale)

Safety Cross Webinar - Dr. M. Carton