IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 617 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 13, 2017 Mr. Emmer submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of the third Thursday of November as World Wide Pressure Injury Prevention Day .

Whereas, annually, there are estimated to be 2.5 million pressure injuries and 60,000 pressure injury deaths; Whereas pressure injuries cost $40,000 to $150,000 dollars per patient, and approximately $9.1 to $11.6 billion dollars per year in the United States; Whereas there are approximately 17,000 additional lawsuits each year as a result of pressure injuries; Whereas pressure injuries are one of the five most prevalent harms experienced by patients; Whereas in long-term acute care settings, 28.2 percent of patients have pressure injuries; Whereas in nursing homes and rehabilitation centers, approximately 11 percent of patients have documented pressure injuries; Whereas for acute care settings, 8.8 percent of patients have a pressure injury; Whereas more than one third of veterans with a spinal cord injury report pressure injuries each year, and those veterans face more than $77,000 in inpatient costs compared to those without; and Whereas patients with hospital-acquired pressure injuries increase their length of stay from 4.9 to 11.6 days, adding more than six days of hospitalization, and as a result, these patients are more likely to be readmitted to a hospital: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives supports the designation of World Wide Pressure Injury Prevention Day .