Bedsores becoming more common in Canadian hospitals: data – CTV
Oct. 25, 2022
Continued pressure on Canada’s health-care system is adding to a long-standing problem — the prevalence of bedsores in Canadian hospitals.
Recent data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information found that cases of pressure ulcers, also known as bedsores, have risen in recent years from 3,109 in 2017-18, ending March 31, 2018, to 4,440 for the year ending March 31, 2022.
Over that same time, the rate of bedsores for every 100 hospitalizations rose slightly from 0.13 to 0.19.
Crystal McCallum, director of education at Wounds Canada, said despite the fact that a large majority of pressure injuries are preventable their prevalence in Canadian health-care institutions has been an issue for decades.
“Truly this is not new news, although certainly it has been exacerbated by the current shortage of health-care professionals in our health-care institutions,” she told CTV’s Your Morning on Tuesday.
Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/bedsores-becoming-more-common-in-canadian-hospitals-data-1.6123792
