24th Annual Meeting of the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel

The annual meeting of EPUAP (European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel) is a leading European event on pressure ulcer prevention and treatment for delegates from all over the world.

This years theme is called “PRESSURE ULCERS – THE CLOCK IS TICKING!”. The main topics:

Time to…

• Focus on multidisciplinarity and differential diagnosis
• Understand pressure ulcer aetiology
• Individualize pressure ulcer prevention: early identification of the risk factors and implementation of care plans
• Undertake pressure ulcer prevalence and incidence as quality of care and patient safety indicators
• Avoid device-related pressure ulcers in clinical setting
• Involve patients, families and caregivers in the prevention of pressure ulcers in the community
• Educate healthcare professionals, patients, families and caregivers
• Integrate artificial intelligence and new technologies in pressure ulcer prevention and treatment
• Move forward and rehabilitate (rehabilitation and neurorehabilitation)
• Prevent pressure ulcers in patients with comorbidities and rare diseases
• Innovate in pressure ulcer treatment
• Talk about cost effectiveness of pressure ulcer prevention
• Consider the impact of the 2025 Guidelines