EPUAP 2021

22nd Annual Meeting of the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel

18-20 October 2021

Prague, Czech Republic

FROM INNOVATION AND GUIDELINES, TO HIGH-QUALITY CARE AND BETTER PATIENT OUTCOMES:
A JOURNEY TO TRAVEL TOGETHER!

Main topics:

  • What is new in mechanobiology, basic and clinical research?
  • What are recent innovations & advanced therapies in pressure ulcer prevention and treatment?
  • Why are pressure ulcers associated with quality of care and patient safety?
  • Focus on atypical wounds: differentiation, prevention and treatment?
  • The guideline journey: how to generate, summarise and implement trustworthy EBHC guidelines?
  • Pressure ulcer prevention across the continuum of care – focus on home care settings
  • How to integrate person centeredness into policy making and practice?
  • What are effective strategies for patient, informal carers and non- professional pressure ulcer education?
  • How can e- Health play a role in pressure ulcer prevention and management?

Local organising committee

Conference chair: Andrea Pokorná, Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Brno
Petra Búřilová, Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Brno
Dana Dolanová, Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Brno
Silvie Doubravská, Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Brno
Michal Hájek, Ostrava University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ostrava
Jitka Klugarová, Czech Health Research Council, Prague
Miloslav Klugar, Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation
Lenka Krupová, Faculty Hospital Ostrava, Department of Dermatology, Ostrava
Michal Pospíšil, Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Brno
Lenka Rydvalová, Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Brno
Alice Strnadová, Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, Department of Nursing and Non-medical Professions, Prague
Jan Stryja, Salvatella, s.r.o., Třinec
Simona Saibertová, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Masaryk University, Brno

Conference venue

Clarion Congress Hotel Prague Freyova 33 Prague 190 00 Czech Republic

Abstract submission deadline: 3 May 2021

Early registration deadline: 13 July 2021

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