Assessment tool for darkly pigmented skin
This tool will help you assess darkly pigmented skin which is at particular risk.
This assessment tool will assist you in your assessment of darkly pigmented skin. There is evidence that healthcare practitioners have in the past overlooked tissue damage in patients with darkly pigmented skin and this tool has been developed to address this.
Source
Bennett MA. Report of the task force on the implications for darkly pigmented intact skin in the predication and prevention of pressure ulcers. Adv Wound Care. 1995;8(6):34-5.
Published Date
17/03/2009