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OUR RECOMMENDATION: USE EITHER OF TWO VALIDATED TOOLS The best way to ensure that you cover the necessary ground is to use either of two research-validated tools. Both of these enable you to quickly assess wound status so that you can tell whether a PU is getting better or worse over time: PUSH Tool 3.0 (for Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing), available free from the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool (formerly the Pressure Sore Status Tool), available free on this website (prev | next)

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