STOP Pressure Ulcers
The EPUAP invites you to take part in the Stop Pressure Ulcer Day to help bring the knowledge of pressure ulcers to a wider audience.
Every year, the EPUAP holds the Stop Pressure Ulcer Day on every 3rd Thursday in November. The next Stop Pressure Ulcer Day will be held on November 16th 2023. The European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel applauds the efforts of events that help introduce the problematic of pressure ulcers to the public, the professionals and our politicians. To help reach this goal, EPUAP will continue to provide freely available publicity material on the website.
HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?
Host educational activities on prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers
Organise awareness raising events to share information about pressure ulcers
Reach out to your local community to inform them about pressure ulcers
Make policy makers aware about pressure ulcers
Join STOP Pressure Ulcers community on social media
STOP Pressure Ulcers Support Materials
TIME TO ACT, TO KEEP THE SKIN INTACT!
PRESSURE ULCER ALGORITHMS
For patients (in English) web version /print version
For staff (in English) web version/print version
For patients (in Italian, AISLec version) web version
For staff (in Italian, AISLec version) web version
For patients (in Czech) web version/print version
For staff (in Czech) web version/print version
For patients (in Dutch) web version/print version
For staff (in Dutch) web version/print version
For patients (in Afrikaans) web version/print version
For staff (in Afrikaans) web version/print version
For patients (in Slovakian) web version/print version
For staff (in Slovakian) web version/print version
For patients (in Italian) web version/print version
For staff (in Italian) web version/print version
For patients (in French) web version/print version
For staff (in French) web version/ print version
For patients (in Catalan) web version/print version
For staff (in Catalan) web version/web version
For patients (in Spanish) web version/print version
For staff (in Spanish) web version/print version
For patients (in Finnish) web version/print version
For staff (in Finnish) web version/print version
For patients (in Greek) web version/print version
For staff (in Greek) web version/ print version
STOP PRESSURE ULCER VIDEO & LOGO
STOP PRESSURE ULCER FLYER 2022
English web version / print version
Czech web version / print version
Danish web version / print version
Dutch web version / print version
Finnish web version / print version
French web version / print version
German web version / print version
Italian web version / print version
Lithuania web version / print version
Portuguese web version / print version
Spanish web version / print version
ORDER STOP PU MATERIALS
You can order Stop Pressure Ulcers T-shirts, stickers and pens for your event. T-shirts are available at 8 EUR per item, stickers can be purchased at 3 EUR per 10 stickers and pens are 5 EUR per 10 pieces. The items are not dated, so you can use it also for next year events.
If you are interested in STOP PU materials, please fill in the order below and send it to the EPUAP Business Office at office@epuap.org.
STOP PU T-SHIRTS
You can choose from 2 colours – light black or white.
LIGHT BLACK
WHITE
STOP Pressure Ulcers Past Events
STOP PRESSURE ULCERS 2022 – EVENTS FROM PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD
Comer Health Rehabilitations, USA
Maqdi Yacoub Heart Centre, Egypt
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital, United Kingdom
Covenant & Alberta Health Services, Canada (Patient toolkit)
Covenant Alberta Health Services, Canada (Provider toolkit)
Provide Community, United Kingdom
Ministry of Health, Czech Republic
University Hospital Bonn, Germany
Viborg Kommune, Denmark
Hospital Sao Luis Gonzaga, Brazil
ELCOS – Portuguese Wound Society, Portugal
FN Motol, Czech Republic
University Hospital Split & Neuropsychiatric Hospital Popovača, Croatia
AO Pisa Toscana, Italy
AO Pisa Toscana, Italy
STOP PRESSURE ULCERS 2021 – EVENTS FROM PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD
University Hospital Plzeň, Czech Republic
STOP PU Day events in Finland
Covenant Health and Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada – Memo, Patient Resident Family Toolkit
MediSmart Technologies Ltd, UK
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Italy
Hospital São Luiz Gonzaga, Brazil
Universitätsklinikum Bonn (UKB), Germany
TapMed Medizintechnik Handels, Germany
Réseau Santé Balcon du Jura.vd (RSBJ), Switzerland
Flashmob video:
STOP PRESSURE ULCERS 2020 – EVENTS FROM PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
Fakultní nemocnice Plzeň, Czech Republic
MediSmart Technologies Ltd, UK
Hospital in Fife Scotland, UK
Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Ltd, UK – Virtual background
SWaT Research Centre, School of Nursing & Midwifery, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences – Webinar
ELCOS – Sociedade Portuguesa de Feridas
Clontarf Orthopaedic Hospital, Ireland
Southern District Health Board, New Zealand
Tallaght University Hospital, Ireland
Hospital São Luiz Gonzaga, Brazil
Covenant Health, AHS, Canada – Pressure Injury Prevention Toolkit, Photo gallery
Report from Finland (Turku University hospital, Helsinki University hospital, Satakunta Central hospital, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital
Hospital El Carmen Dr. Luis Valentín Ferrada, Chile
University Hospital Bonn, Germany
Elective Surgery Centre, Silkeborg Regional Hospital, Denmark
Bath Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Talley Group – UK and worldwide
The Spinal Injuries Association, UK
STOP PRESSURE ULCERS 2019 – EVENTS FROM PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD
ARS Algarve, Portugal
Covenant Health and Alberta Health Services, Canada
Dom Pedro II Geriatric and Convalescent Hospital, Sao Paolo, Brasil
Hong Kong West Cluster of the Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
Odense University Hospital, Denmark
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ireland
MediSmart Technologies, UK
Montecatone Rehabilitation Institute, Imola, Italy
Sao Liuz Gonzaga Hospital, Brasil
St. Mark s Hospital- Fredrik Salmon Ward, UK
The Wound Management Committee, Malta
University Hospital of Pisa, Italy
STOP PRESSURE ULCERS 2018 – EVENTS FROM PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD
Alberta, Canada, Stop PU day
Pisa, University Hospital, Italy
Netcare Montana Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
University Hospital Leuven, Belgium
University Hospital Pilsen, Czech Republic
Volunteer campaign in Samara, Russia
Cornwall community, UK
Belfast City Hospital, Northern Ireland
University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
London North West University Healthcare, UK
Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong
STOP PRESSURE ULCERS 2017 – EVENTS FROM PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD
Hospital Sao Luiz Gonzage, Brazil
Medismart at MEDICA 2017
Department of Nursing Management of the Russian Peoples Friendship University (PFUR), Moscow, Russia
Students of Sevastopol Medical College
St. Mark’s Hospital – Frederick Salmon Ward
The Finnish Wound Care Society
Pisa University Hospital, Italy_Italian
6 Hospitals in Hong Kong West Cluster of the Hospital Authority
The Wound Management Committee at the RHKG, Malta
Helsinki Uusimaa Hospital District
STOP PRESSURE ULCERS 2016 – EVENTS FROM PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD
Infection Clinic, University Hospital in Linköping, Sweden
Norsk Interessefaggruppe for Sårheling (NIFS), Norway
Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minnesota, United States
Montana Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
Hospital São Luiz Gonzaga, São Paulo, Brazil
Al Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong_English
Comer Health & Rehabilitation in Comer, Georgia
Pisa University Hospital, Italy
The Finnish Wound Care Society