Adverse events in intensive care and continuing care units during bed-bath procedures: the prospective observational NURSIng during critical carE (NURSIE) study.

Guillaume Decormeille; Valerie Maurer-Maouchi; Gwennaelle Mercier; Sylvie Debock; Cindy Lebrun; Maud Rouhier; Elodie Martinez; Anne Lise Faure; Julien Duviver; Samia Hultet-Midelton; Francoise De Freitas Pereira; Catherine Tuaillon; Lea Soulisse; Gregoire Demont; Atika Youssouf; Virginie Dauve; Julie Negrel; Brice Sauvage; Celina Morand; Kristell Pedrono; Sylvie L’Hotellier; Francoise Nicolas; Nadine Robquin; Philippe Michel; Gregoire Muller; Nadia Aissaoui; Saber Davide Barbar; Florence Boissier; David Grimaldi; Sami Hraiech; Gael Piton; Gwenaelle Jacq; Jean Baptiste Lascarrou

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Adverse events in intensive care and continuing care units during bed-bath procedures: the prospective observational NURSIng during critical carE (NURSIE) study.

December 23, 2020

Decormeille G, Maurer-Maouchi V, Mercier G, et al. Crit Care Med. 2021;49(1):e20-e30.

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Common nursing procedures, such as bathing patients in their beds, can result in physiologic changes or accidental displacement of medical devices that may be dangerous to the patient. This study of 254 intensive care patients across Western Europe found that serious adverse events occurred in half of patients during bed bathing.

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