Unavoidable Pressure Ulcer
"Unavoidable" means that the person receiving care developed a
pressure ulcer even though the provider of the care had:
 
Evaluated the person's clinical condition and pressure ulcer risk
factors
 
Planned and implemented interventions that are consistent with
the persons need and goals and recognised standards of practice
 
Monitored and evaluated the impact of the interventions and
revised the approaches as appropriate
OR
the individual person refused to adhere to prevention strategies in
spite of education of the consequences of non-adherence