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The perfect fit for pressure injury prevention. On average, each pressure injury adds $21,767 in associated costs. 1 Don't let pressure injuries cost you. 2 There is a new way to reinforce pressure injury prevention. There are guidelines 3 to help strengthen your practice and pressure injury prevention protocols. And there are products that perfectly fit the guidelines to help improve outcomes. As your partner in prevention, we work to alleviate the pressures of pressure injuries. Scan to learn more at partnersinprevention.com. Reference: 1. Wassel, CL, Delhougne, G, Gayle, JA, Dreyfus, J, Larson, B. Risk of readmissions, mortality, and hospital-acquired conditions across hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) stages in a US National Hospital Discharge database. Int Wound J. 2020; 17: 1924– 1934. 2. National Scorecard on Hos pital-Acquired Conditions, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). June 2019. Accessed November, 2019 at AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2017. 3. European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel and Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance. Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries: Clinical Practice Guideline. Emily Haesler (Ed.). EPUAP/ NPIAP/PPPIA: 2019. Please see the Instructions for use for each product for indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions and other important information. Make prevention part of the equation Smith & Nephew, Inc. Fort Worth, TX 76109 USA ◊ Trademark of Smith+Nephew © 2023 Smith+Nephew PPEE11-38460-0523

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