The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP), which serves as the leading scientific voice for improved patient outcomes in pressure injury prevention and treatment, met with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to discuss their new 2016 Pressure Injury Staging System, initially launched in April 2016. Click the link below to read the full press release:

NPUAP_CMS_Meeting_Release_1-2017

Recognizing that new research findings called for an updating of NPUAP 2007 staging definitions, NPUAP appointed a multi-disciplinary Staging Task Force to review the scientific literature and prepare refined definitions.Click the link below to read the full position statement on staging:

NPUAP Position Statement on Staging Jan 2017