Moisturizing Cream
The AHRQ Clinical Practice Guideline on Pressure Ulcer Prevention indicates there is an increased association between dry, flaky or scaling skin and an increased incidence of pressure ulcers.1
Maintaining proper skin hydration can help reduce the risks to skin integrity like skin tears and skin breakdown.
1. Clinical Practice Guideline on Pressure Ulcers in Adults: Prediction and Prevention, Number Publication No. 92-0047.Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. May 1992.