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Every year, Medline partners with healthcare facilities to gather insights on facility clinical practices and product utilization, revealing gaps and opportunities to build on successes. Here, we share findings from 54 acute care Discovery Assessments and 1,631 interviews with healthcare leadership and staff. 1

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of leaders felt their staff did not understand pressure injury risk assessment and did not implement appropriate interventions based on that assessment

Staff confidence

felt confident differentiating pressure injuries from other types of wounds

PERCENT

felt their staff needs more education on skin health and pressure injury prevention

felt confident differentiating pressure injuries from incontinence associated dermatitis of staff indicated that they moisturize a patient only as needed

said they do not moisturize patients at all

Education

of staff said they would like additional education on pressure injuries and pressure injury staging

Reference 1 Data collected in 2024. Skin Health: Discovery Assessment Statistical Report: July 11, 2025; Analyst: Brittny Sutton

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of staff responded they would like more education on incontinence associated dermatitis and medical device related pressure injuries

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