Keep Moving
  • Establish repositioning regime suitable for individualised patient
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  • Encourage patients who have been assessed as at risk (Waterlow 10-14)
  • to change their position frequently and at least every 6 hours
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  • Encourage patients who have been assessed as being at high risk of
  • developing a pressure ulcer to change their position frequently and at least
  • every 4 hours
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  • Assist them if they are unable to do this themselves, use appropriate
  • equipment i.e. pillows and sliding sheets, document the frequency and
  • position changed to.
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  • Record position changes and regime on BH Adult SSKIN Bundle Pressure
  • Ulcer Care Plan
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  • Record the exact time of repositioning, i.e 12:20, 14:35 not 12:00,14:00 
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    NICE,2014