New Jersey Orders Use Of Pressure Relieving Mattresses In Nurisng Homes
Ray Mullman at the South Carolina Nursing Home Blog recently wrote about one of the most progressive piece of legislation passed in years-- the mandatory use of pressure relieving mattresses in New Jersey Nursing Homes to help prevent the development of bedsores. Unlike normal spring-filled mattresses, pressure relieving mattresses steadily inflate and deflate to reduce the amount of pressure and friction put on bony parts of the body prone that are prone skin break-drown and ultimately development of bedsores (also referred to as: pressure sores, pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers). Under the terms of Bill S-1517, nursing home operators must...
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