Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| 8:00am - 9:00am |
Registration& Morning coffee Location: Exhibition Hall |
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| 9:00am - 9:45am |
A. Opening: Opening session Location: Concert Hall 09:00 – 09:10: Conference opening (Tom O’Connor, Andrea Pokorná)
09:10 - 09:25: Greetings by the Minister of Health of Ireland Dr. Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
09:25 – 09:45: Presentation of the Guidelines Group including representatives of NPIAP and PIPPA & Copy of the Guidelines presented to the Minister of Health of Ireland Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and the Chief Nurse of Ireland Rachel Kenna |
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| 9:45am - 10:45am |
A. Plenary Key Session 1: SUSTAINING PREVENTION & TREATMENT: PERSON-CENTRED PU CARE ACROSS THE LIFESPAN Location: Concert Hall Chair: Tom O'Connor Chair: Andrea Pokorná ONE CONDITION, MANY PATHWAYS: PRESSURE ULCERS ACROSS LIFE, HEALTH, AND CARE CONTEXTS 10:05am - 10:25am TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAMWORK: EXPLORING TEAM PERFORMANCE IN PRESSURE ULCER CARE |
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| 10:45am - 10:55am |
Short Break 1 |
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| 10:55am - 12:00pm |
A. Key session 2: SUSTAINING RESEARCH ON PU PREVENTION AND TREATMENT Location: Concert Hall Chair: Dominique Sigaudo-Roussel Chair: Declan Patton FUNDING PRESSURE ULCER RESEARCH IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUSTAINABILITY 11:15am - 11:35am ADVANCED BIOMATERIALS FOR CHRONIC WOUND REPAIR 11:35am - 11:55am TISSUE STRAINS COMPUTATION WITH BIOMECHANICAL MODELS TO PREVENT PRESSURE ULCERS |
B. Key session 3: SUSTAINING PU PREVENTION AND TREATMENT IN CRITICAL CARE SETTINGS Location: Landsdowne room Chair: Maarit Ahtiala Chair: Steven Smet PRESSURE ULCERS/INJURIES MANAGEMENT IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS 11:15am - 11:35am HARMONISING PRESSURE ULCER OUTCOME MEASUREMENT IN CRITICAL CARE: NEXT STEPS. THE SAFE-ICU EUROPEAN RESEARCH NETWORK (SAFE-ICU COST ACTION CA24107) 11:35am - 11:55am GLOBAL PREVALENCE OF PRESSURE INJURIES: PAST EVIDENCE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS (SAFE-ICU COST ACTION CA24107) |
C. FPS 1: Free paper session 1: LONG TERM & GERIATRIC CARE Location: Dodder Hall A Chair: Kirsti Ahmajarvi Chair: Katrin Balzer KINAESTHETICS TO PROMOTE MOBILITY IN CARE RECIPIENTS: EVALUATION OF THE CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS 11:05am - 11:15am IMPACT OF AN INPATIENT GERIATRIC CONSULTATION TEAM ON PRESSURE ULCERS IN HOSPITALIZED OLDER ADULTS 11:15am - 11:25am COMPARISON OF TWO SKIN PROTECTION REGIMES FOR THE PREVENTION OF INCONTINENCE-ASSOCIATED DERMATITIS 11:25am - 11:35am NURSING HOME RESIDENTS’ EXPERIENCES OF INCONTINENCE CARE AND INCONTINENCE-ASSOCIATED DERMATITIS PREVENTION 11:35am - 11:45am BETWEEN RESPONSIBILITY AND DELEGATION: NURSES’ EXPERIENCES OF PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION 11:45am - 11:55am EVALUATION OF A UNIVERSAL SIZED OFFLOADING BOOT FOR FOOT PRESSURE DAMAGE PREVENTION: A 100 PATIENT EVALUATION |
D. Workshop 1: THE WHY, THE HOW AND THE JOURNEY: OUR EXPERIENCE WITH PATIENT AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS FOR PRESSURE SORE PREVENTION Location: Dodder Hall B Chair: Hannah Wilson This workshop explores the impact of PUs through lived experience, highlights approaches to patient
and public involvement (PPI), and shares insights. It will also examine how partnerships between
patients, care partners, researchers, healthcare professionals, and industry can drive progress. |
| 12:00pm - 12:45pm |
Lunch break 1 |
Meet the Expert: Networking event |
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| 12:30pm - 1:15pm |
Poster viewing: Poster viewing and Q&A with presenters Location: Exhibition Hall |
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| 1:30pm - 3:00pm |
A. Industry symposium 1: Care of Sweden: Clinical Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence Enabled Autonomous Pressure Management Surface Across Care Settings Location: Concert Hall Speakers: Prof Joan-Enric Torra, Victor Guerrini, Fares Al‑Khaliliy
Pressure injury prevention has always depended on people doing the right thing at the right time.
Checking. Adjusting. Reassessing. But healthcare systems are under pressure. Patients are more complex. Staff is stretched. And many prevention routines still rely on manual actions that are easy to miss, delay, or perform inconsistently.
So, the question becomes:
How can support surfaces be autonomous, not to replace care, but to make prevention more reliable, sustainable, and person-centred? |
B. Industry symposium 2 Location: Landsdowne room |
C. FLASH PRESENTATIONS: SHORT LISTED SCIENTIFIC POSTERS Location: EPUAP Forum Chair: Rosemarie Derwin NURSES' CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING ABOUT PRESSURE INJURY PREVENTION IN HOSPITAL SETTINGS: A SCOPING REVIEW ONE TEAM, ONE GOAL - A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO REDUCING PRESSURE INJURY INCIDENCE BY 50% HOSPITAL-WIDE IN 2025 FROM A SINGLE SPECIALIST TO A HOSPITAL-WIDE NETWORK: STRENGTHENING NURSING LEADERSHIP IN WOUND CARE AND PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION CLOSING THE GAP: AN AUDIT ON PRESURE ULCER PREVENTION NICU MEDICAL DEVICE-RELATED PRESSURE ULCERS IN A NORTHERN ITALIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: A 7-YEAR INCIDENCE ANALYSIS EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PRESSURE ULCERS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY PRESSURE INJURY PATTERNS AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN A NEUROLOGICAL ICU SUB-EPIDERMAL MOISTURE (SEM) SCANNER FOR PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS: A SCOPING REVIEW PROCESS AUDIT AS A BEHAVIORAL CHANGE STRATEGY FOR PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS: AN EXPERIENCE REPORT IMPACT OF SKIN MICROBIOME CHARACTERISTICS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRESSURE ULCERS AMONG YOUNG ADULTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF PRESSURE ULCERS’ DEVELOPMENT IN PATIENTS FOLLOWED BY A PREVENTATIVE CARE BUNDLE IN TWO ITALIAN EMERGENCY SETTINGS HYDROCOLLOID VERSUS POLYURETHANE FOAM DRESSINGS FOR PREVENTION OF NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION INTERFACE-RELATED PRESSURE INJURIES IN ADULTS: AN EMPTY SYSTEMATIC REVIEW EFFECTIVENESS OF A NURSING PRESSURE INJURY PREVENTION CARE BUNDLE ON HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED PRESSURE INJURY RATES IN AN ADULT ICU: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL WHO IS UNDER MORE PRESSURE?! INCIDENCE OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE RELATED PRESSURE INJURY IN INTERNAL WARD AND ICU: PROSPECTIVE SINGLE HOSPITAL STUDY A MULTI-PRODUCT APPROACH TO MANAGING BIOBURDEN AND AUTOLYTIC DEBRIDEMENT IN AN INFECTED PRESSURE ULCER CONTINUOUS DEBRIDEMENT OF 67 PATIENTS WITH PRESSURE INJURIES WITH CHARGED POLYABSORBENT DRESSINGS EXTENSIVE PELVIC BONE NECROSIS AND SEPTIC COMPLICATION OF A STAGE IV PRESSURE ULCER IN A YOUNG PARAPLEGIC PATIENT CATHETER ASSOCIATED MEATAL PRESSURE INJURIES: OUTCOMES OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERVENTION IN LONG TERM CARE THE ACCEPTABILITY, APPROPRIATENESS AND FEASIBILITY OF PROPHYLACTIC DRESSINGS AMONG AT RISK OLDER ADULTS IN A RESIDENTIAL CARE SETTING: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INTERDISCIPLINARY REHABILITATION AFTER FLAP SURGERY IN SPINAL CORD INJURY: EXPERIENCES FROM CLINICAL PRACTICE SUSTAINABILITY IN PRESSURE INJURY PREVENTION: THE IMPACT OF PRODUCT LIFESPAN AND MAINTENANCE ON LONG-TERM OUTCOMES REAL-WORLD EVALUATION OF PATIENTS' AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS' EXPERIENCE WITH AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ENABLED AUTONOMOUS PRESSURE MANAGEMENT SURFACE FOR PRESSURE INJURY PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT ACROSS ACUTE AND INTERMEDIATE CARE SETTINGS PUTTING SUPPORT SURFACE CLASSIFICATION TO BED, ONCE AND FOR ALL WHAT ARE THE PSYCHOMETRIC/ CLINIMETRIC PROPERTIES OF MOBILITY ASSESSMENT TOOLS USED IN PRESSURE ULCER RISK ASSESSMENT IN ADULTS AT RISK OF DEVELOPING PRESSURE ULCERS? “PRESSURE INJURY PREVENTION IS INSEPARABLE FROM POSTURAL MANAGEMENT” — MANAGING PRESSURE INJURIES IN PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX POSTURE AND CONTRACTURES: A COMMUNITY-BASED CASE SERIES |
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| 3:00pm - 3:10pm |
Short break 2 |
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| 3:10pm - 4:25pm |
A. Key session 4: SUSTAINING PU PREVENTION AND TREATMENT IN THE SPINAL CORD INJURY COMMUNITY Location: Concert Hall Chair: Helen Strapp Chair: Knaerke Soegaard PREVENT, DETECT, ACT: ADVANCING PRESSURE INJURY PREVENTION AND TREATMENT IN THE SCI COMMUNITY 3:33pm - 3:56pm STOPPING THE SPIRAL: STRENGTHENING CLINICAL CARE TO PREVENT PRESSURE ULCER COMPLICATIONS 3:56pm - 4:19pm EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS IN PRESSURE ULCER CARE: IN CONVERSATION WITH AN EXPERT WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE |
B. Investigator Award: EPUAP EXPERIENCED AND EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATOR AWARD & PRESENTATION OF EPUAP FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS Location: Landsdowne room Chair: Dominique Sigaudo-Roussel Chair: Pierre-Yves ROHAN INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE ON THE KINETIC COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION AT THE HEEL IN SPINAL CORD INJURED QUANTIFYING CHANGES IN SOFT TISSUE MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES WITH AGEING TELEMEDICINE FOLLOW-UP IN PREVENTION OF PRESSURE INJURY RECURRENCE AFTER FLAP SURGERY- A REALIST EVALUATION |
C. FPS 2: Free paper session 2: PATIENT SAFETY, QUALITY OF CARE AND POLICY Location: Dodder Hall A Chair: Carina Baath Chair: Pinar Avsar PRESSURE ULCER PREVALENCE IN GHANA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY 3:20pm - 3:30pm INCIDENCE OF PRESSURE ULCERS IN LONG TERM HOSPITALISATION FACILITIES - DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONWIDE QUALITY MESURMENT AND FIRST RESULTS. 3:30pm - 3:40pm PRESSURE ULCERS IN INCIDENT REPORTS - A MULTICENTER STUDY IN SWEDEN 3:40pm - 3:50pm INTER-RATER RELIABILITY BETWEEN REGISTERED NURSES AND ASSISTANT NURSES WHEN USING PURPOSE T 3:50pm - 4:00pm BEPU2025: A UNIFORM RISK ASSESSMENT FOR PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION IN FLANDERS (BELGIUM) 4:00pm - 4:10pm SAME INJURY, DIFFERENT STAGE? PRESSURE INJURY STAGING ACROSS CLINICAL AND REPORTING FRAMEWORKS 4:10pm - 4:20pm IMPROVING COMPLIANCE WITH PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION BUNDLES USING THE ASSKING FRAMEWORK: A PRE- POST QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STUDY |
D. Workshop 2: PRESSURE ULCERS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS – SAFE ICU COST ACTION (CA24107) Location: Dodder Hall B Chair: Pierre-Yves Blanchard Chair: Natalie McEvoy This interactive workshop will focus on the tools and frameworks used for risk assessment, with particular attention to their consistency, availability, and applicability across different European contexts. |
| 4:25pm - 5:00pm |
Coffee break 1: Coffee break 1 |
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| 5:00pm - 6:15pm |
A. Panel debate: SUSTAINING PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT (PPI): ENHANCING PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION AND TREATMENT THROUGH THE INCLUSION OF PATIENT EXPERTS. OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Location: Concert Hall Chair: Tom O'Connor Confirmed speakers Declan Naughton (expert with lived experience), Diarmuid Corry (expert with lived experience), Joe Bowden (expert with lived experience), Hannah Wilson, Liane Teixeira, Helen Strapp. Moderated by Tom O'Connor |
B. FPS 3: Free paper session 3: FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE & BIOENGINEERING Location: Landsdowne room Chair: Pierre-Yves ROHAN Chair: Silvia Caggiari A MOISTURE-RESPONSIVE FRICTIONAL AND THERMAL ADAPTABLE DRESSING: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION 5:10pm - 5:20pm BIOMECHANICAL MODELING OF SOFT TISSUE-FILLING MATERIAL INTERACTIONS IN SACRAL PRESSURE ULCERS 5:20pm - 5:30pm PRESSURE-INDUCED CHANGES IN SOFT TISSUE OXYGENATION AT SOFT AND BONY SITES: TOWARD PERSONALISED PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION 5:30pm - 5:40pm FEASIBILITY OF NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY FOR OBJECTIVE CLASSIFICATION OF STAGE 1 PRESSURE ULCERS 5:40pm - 5:50pm POSITIONING DEVICES: EVOLUTION OF IMPROVED PRESSURE REDUCING PROPERTIES 5:50pm - 6:00pm THERAPEUTIC WOUND AND SKIN CLEANSING: EVIDENCE BASED GUIDANCE 6:00pm - 6:10pm IS TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS A SUSTAINABLE MARKER FOR PRESSURE INJURY PREVENTION? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW |
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| 6:30pm - 7:30pm |
Welcome reception Location: Exhibition Hall Join us to enjoy a drink, reconnect with friends after a year, and network with companies leading progress in pressure ulcer prevention and treatment. |
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