The Gold STAMP Program to Reduce Pressure Ulcers is a coalition of organizations convened in New York State to provide resources and education across the continuum of care to improve the assessment, management and prevention of pressure ulcers.
Goals of Gold STAMP:
- Provide and promote the use of information, education and standardized practices for pressure ulcer assessment, management and prevention across the continuum of care.
- Promote collaboration and communication within and throughout the continuum of care and other key stakeholders related to pressure ulcer assessment, management and prevention.
- Provide strategic direction and support for pressure ulcer performance improvement.
- Promote and expand engagement of hospitals, nursing homes and home care agencies in Gold STAMP principles.
- Promote and expand engagement of physicians and other advanced practice clinicians/professionals in Gold STAMP
Target Audience:
Administrators; direct care staff including RNs, LPNs, PHNs, CWONs, MDs, PAs, NPs, nutritionists, PTs, health care educators, and hospice staff working in hospitals, nursing homes, long term care programs, home care.
This project was funded through a Memorandum of Understanding with the NYS Department of Health.
E-mail us any questions at coned@albany.edu
Collaborative Toolkit:
This toolkit has been designed to provide resources and education across the continuum of care to improve the assessment, management and prevention of pressure ulcers. The materials below have been used by the Gold STAMP collaboratives throughout New York State.
Collaboration and communication are key to reducing pressure ulcers across hospital, nursing home and home care settings. This toolkit is designed to promote regional-level collaboration and communication among health care providers and support the autonomous establishment of additional Gold STAMP Collaboratives throughout New York State.
Printed Materials:
Gold STAMP Program Tools:
Meeting FormsGold STAMP Resource Guide
Organizational Self Assessment
Relevant Webinars
Pressure Ulcer Assessment and Prevention
Physician Toolkit:
The Gold STAMP (Success Through Assessment, Management and Prevention) Program to Reduce Pressure Ulcers is a coalition of organizations convened in New York State to provide resources and education across the continuum of care to improve the assessment, management and prevention of pressure ulcers. In partnership with the Department of Health, the University at Albany School of Public Health’s Center for Public Health Continuing Education has developed this toolkit to provide you with resources and information to further engage physicians in the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers in your facility.
Printed Materials:
Evaluation:
Relevant Webinars
On Demand Education by Topic
All Rights Reserved. The files cannot be downloaded.
- The Braden Scale
- Staging, Measuring, Documentation of Pressure Ulcers
- Nutrition
- Communication
- Prevention
- Chronic Wounds
- Sustainability
- Treatment
Useful Links
- New York State Department of Health Gold Stamp
- Pocket Guide to Pressure Ulcers
- 2013 NYS Gold STAMP Conference Materials
- Prevention Plus: Home of the Braden Scale
- NPUAP Clinical Resources
- Lippincott’s Nursing Center.com: Comprehensive Programs for Preventing Pressure Ulcers: A Review of the Literature
- NDNQI Pressure Ulcer Training
- Elizabeth Ayello, PhD, RN, CWON, FAAN
- Jeffrey M. Levine, MD, CMD
