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. 2022 Jan 7;49(1):21–28. doi: 10.1097/WON.0000000000000834

TABLE 3. Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury Anatomic Location Distribution: Critical Care (N = 3642)a.

Location n %
Ankle 57 1.6%
Arm 18 0.5%
Back 95 2.6%
Buttocks 540 14.8%
Cheekbone 50 1.4%
Chin 16 0.44%
Ear 192 5.3%
Elbow 63 1.7%
Foot 90 2.5%
Forehead 22 0.60%
Hand 16 0.44%
Heel 459 12.6%
Ischium 52 1.4%
Knee/peri-knee 22 0.60%
Lower leg 67 1.8%
Neck 52 1.4%
Nose 163 4.5%
Not collected 1 0.03%
Occiput 43 1.2%
Other 231 6.3%
Sacrum/coccyx 1208 33.2%
Scapula 19 0.52%
Scrotum 26 0.71%
Thigh 69 1.9%
Toes 43 1.2%
Trochanter 28 0.77%
Total 3642 100%

aPatients may have more than 1 hospital-acquired pressure injury.