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.