Practical perspective on pressure ulcer data and information to facilitate management practices that reduce the incident ratio to less than 1

Purpose: To clarify a practical prespective on a pressure ulcer data and information. Materials: Pressure ulcer prevention team in A hospital. Method: Pressure ulcer surveillance records and PDCA management data were analyzed by qualitative research method. Results: There were 1598 codes and 20 sub categories collected from documents and the data were analyzed. Analyses were divided six categories and one sub category. Categories: 1)Accurate data collection and charting during the early stage of intervention; 2)Detection of environmental/care factors from the position shape and context of preventive care for pressure ulcers; 3)Identify hospital management issues based on individual patient environmental/care factors; 4)Identify the stage of wound and environmental/care factors then adapt care prac‑ tices; 5)Continue"Kaizen"action based on Plan‑Do‑Check‑Act(PDCA)cycle; and 6)Proper pressure‑reducing