Guideline Contributors

The International Pressure Injury Guideline relies on the dedication and commitment of a large, primarily volunteer contribution team. The Guideline Governance Group (GGG) acknowledges that the fourth edition of the guideline builds on the work of the development teams for the first edition (2009), second edition (2014), and third edition (2019) of the International PI Guideline.

Everyone involved in the guideline development completes a Conflict of Interest statement. Individuals with a conflict of interest were not assigned to work on associated Panel Groups. Member of the GGG and Core Review Group with conflicts of interest were required to remove themselves from voting and discussions, and their conflict was recorded.

The GGG extends its thanks to the individuals and groups who have contributed to development of the fourth edition (2025).

  • Guideline Governance Group

    Pinar Avsar; Elizabeth Ayello; Katrin Balzer; Dan Berlowitz; Althea Carruth; Keryln Caville; Yee Yee Chang; Sue Creehan; Jill Cox; Janet Cuddigan; Emily Haesler; Jan Kottner; Zena Moore; Hau-lan Ngan; (retired: Jane Nixon)

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  • Core Review Group

    Pinar Avsar; Dan Berlowitz; Fiona Coyer; Janet Cuddigan; Emily Haesler; Zena Moore

  • Acknowledgements

    Software development: Paul Haesler; Website: Paul and Emily Haesler

  • National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel

    The NPIAP is a Partner Organization and guideline funder, with representatives on the Guideline Governance Group, Core Review Group and Expert Panel Groups

    Visit NPIAP

  • European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel

    The EPUAP is a Partner Organization and guideline funder, with representatives on the Guideline Governance Group, Core Review Group and Expert Panel Groups

    Visit EPUAP

  • Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance

    The PPPIA is a Partner Organization and guideline funder, with representatives on the Guideline Governance Group, Core Review Group and Expert Panel Groups

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Expert Panel Groups: Prevention of Pressure Injuries

  • Nutrition Panel Group

    Khuloud Alhassan; Kaylem Boileau; Anna De Jesus; Barbara Delmore; Anj Dickson; Rosemary Hill; Janet Kuhnke; Mary Litchford; Nancy Munoz; Samuel Nwafor; Suriadi; Tim Torsy; Anuttra Wunnasaweg

  • Repositioning Panel Group

    Klaire Coluso; Ednalda Maria Franck; Pamela Houghton; Ulrika Källman; Ali Lansah; Michelle Lee; Denise Loughlin; Bernadette McNally; Ok Kyoung Park; Gordana Petkovska; Cassie Purvey; Brooke Randol; Hayley Ryan; Heidi Sandoz; Johanna van Royen; Jaraspas Wongviseskarn; Tracey Yap; Meryem Yildiz Ayvaz; Zhou Yujie; Saldy Yusuf

  • Support Surfaces Panel Group

    Jenny Alderden; David Brienza; Silvia Caggiari; Alyssa Clarke; Rachel Durrans; Melissa Hutchinson; Tamara Lee Kittelson ; Sharon Latimer; Shannon McCord; Tracy Nowicki; Caroline Portoghese; Katherine Puyk; Katherine Rae; Dr Ivy Razmus; Chunhu Shi; Cecilia Yeung; Cathy Young

  • Seating Panel Group

    Jenny Alderden; David Brienza;  Silvia Caggiari; Alyssa Clarke;  Klaire Coluso; Rachel Durrans; Ednalda Maria Franck;  Pamela Houghton; Melissa Hutchinson; Ulrika Källman; Tamara Lee Kittelson; Ali Lansah; Sharon Latimer; Michelle Lee; Denise Loughlin; Bernadette McNally; Ok Shannon McCord; Tracy Nowicki;  Kyoung Park; Gordana Petkovska; Caroline Portoghese ;  Cassie Purvey; Katherine Puyk; Katherine Rae; Brooke Randol; Ivy Razmus; Hayley Ryan; Heidi Sandoz; Chunhu Shi;  Johanna van Royen; Jaraspas Wongviseskarn; Tracey Yap; Cecilia Yeung; Meryem Yildiz Ayvaz; Cathy Young; Zhou Yujie; Saldy Yusuf

  • Heel PI Panel Group

    Sabrin Abd el Khalek; Carina Bååth; Dimitri Beeckman; Monica Chen; Nicoletta Frescos ; Marie-Line Gaubert-Dahan; Royston Luke Huang; Clive Horrocks; Catherine Leahy; Jennifer Licare; Manfred Mak; Catherine Milne; Sue Monaro; Terry Swanson; Lea Whittignton 

  • Device Related PI Panel Group

    Maarit Ahtiala; Hu Ailing; Katie Beam; Margaret Birdsong; Brinsley Davids; Adonis Dunga; Marissa Hudler; Fatimah Hassan Essa Jadher; Wang Ling; Pam Mitchell; Sun Young Nam; Ann Marie Nie; Tracy Nowicki; Hollie Robinson; Maria ten Hove; Peter Worsley; Jaclyn Yaden; Tuğba Yeni

  • Preventive Skin Care Panel Group

    dam Astrada; Katie Brooks; Chong Hin Moon (Chris); Hector Cintron; Rose Colella; Royston Luke Huang; Cody Hedglin; Pun Man Kei; Manfred Mak; Michelle Martin; Kathleen McLaughlin; Chakhau Pang; Susan Solmos; Hendroenetta Carolina Wells; Yajuan Weng; Peter Worsley

  • PI Bundles Panel Group

    Sabrin Abd el Khalek; Michelle Barakat-Johnson; Susanne Coleman; Sarah Fox; Nanthakumahrie D/O Gunasegaran; Deniz Harputlu; Yuwadee Kestsumpun ;  Catherine Leahy; Yun Jin Lee; Josie Lovegrove; Catherine Lubliner; Jeri Ann Lundgren; Pam Mitchell; Diane Maydick-Youngberg; Paula Nogueira; Ines Rosado; Yvette Trigueros; Meryem Yildiz Ayvaz

Expert Panel Groups: Assessment, Risk and Etiology

  • PI Risk Panel Group

    Carina Bååth;  Virginia Capasso;   Susanne Coleman;   Corey Heerschap;   Josie Lovegrove;   Mary Montague;   Sarah Sage;   Chunhu Shi; Molly Stetzer;   Gulnaz Tariq, Shit Kam Yee (Frances);  Cecilia Zamarripa

  • Skin and Tissue Assessment Panel Group

    Adam Astrada; Katie Brooks; Chong Hin Moon (Chris); Hector Cintron; Rosa Colella; Royston Luke Huang; Cody Hedglin; Pun Man Kei; Manfred Mak; Michelle Martin; Kathleen McLaughlin; Chakhau Pang; Susan Solmos; Hendroenetta Carolina Wells; Yajuan Weng; Peter Worsley

  • Etiology Panel Group

    Jan Kottner; Peter R. Worsley; David Brienza

  • PI Education Panel Group

    Paulo Alves; Andreana Awog-badek; Dimitri Beeckman; Geertien Christelle Boersema; Sharon Dickinson; Rachel Durrans; Christantie Effendy; Allison Fox; Hu Hongyang; Patricia Homem-Silva; Budi Anna Keliat; Jung Yoon Kim; Jason Lau; Bernadette McNally; Anne McMahon; Gwendolyn Mullholland; Joyce Pittman; Aline Ramalho; Christie Rhiannon; Nicole Walsh

  • PI Assessment

    Rehab R. Aldossari; Terrie Beeson; Shannon Brunt; Silvia  Caggiari; Chong Hin Moon; Nanthakumahrie D/O Gunasegaran; Deniz Harputlu; Helena Haskins; Trish Idensohn; Andrea Johnson; Felicity Jones; Kathleen Hocking; Takafumi Kadono; Joshua Moralejo; Heidi Sandoz; Emil Schmidt; Siriluck Siripanyawat

Expert Panel Groups: Special Populations

  • Neonate/Children Panel Group

    Rehab R. Aldossari; Margaret Birdsong; Barbara Delmore; Sarah Fox; Widasari Sri Gitarja; Rosemary Hill; Andrea Johnson; Shannon McCord; Ann Marie Nie; Molly Stetzer; Shit Kam Yee (Francis); Valentina Vanzi

  • Spinal Cord Injury Panel Group

    Anj Dickson; Britt Hansen; Pamela Houghton; Tamara Lee Kittelson ; Michelle Lee; Juliette Lowe; Catherine Lubliner; Michelle Martin; Diane Maydick-Youngberg; Igor Melnychuk; Christie Rhiannon; Tabatha Rando; Bonnie Rotan; Jaraspas Wongviseskar; Peter Worsley; Jaclyn Yaden

  • Palliative/End of Life Care Panel Group

    Alex Aningalan; Mi Kyung Cho; Adonis Dunga; Marie-Line Gaubert-Dahan; Lory Hartland; Marissa Hudler; Mary Knapp; Sharon Latimer; Kim Le Blanc; Pipit Lestari; Denise Loughlin; Mary Montague; Catherine Milne; Pam Mitchell; Sarah Sage; Catherine Sharp; Lia van Rijswijk; Anuttra Wunnasaweg; Cecilia Yeung; Thamonwan Yodkolkij

  • Darker Skin Tones Panel Group

    Stacey Fisher; Diane Freeman; Trish Idensohn; Samuel Nwafor; Joyce Pittman; Eleonor Pusey-Reid; Jennifer Prentice; Aline Ramalho; Hayley Ryan; Susan Solmos; Hiske Smart; Laura Swoboda; Yvette Trigueros; Marlene Varga; Cecilia Zamarripa

  • Operating Room Panel Group

    Maarit Ahtiala; Lisa Allegri; Paula Anton; Eisiah Abbas; Carina Bååth; David Brienza; Aihua Chen; Klaire Coluso; Michele Deppisch; Elizabeth Faust; Lara Goolsby; Alhassan Khuloud;Ali Lansah; Wang Ling; Sue Monaro; Katherine Puyk; Keddagoda Gamage Vinod Saranga; Aamir Siddiqui; Nicole Walsh

  • Critical Care Panel Group

    Maarit Ahtiala; Hu Ailing; Jenny Alderden; Michelle Barakat-Johnson; Kaylem Boileau; Shannon Brunt; Virginia Capasso; Rachel Durrans; Mark Goetcheus; Clare Greenwood; Eunjin Han; Debra Johnston; Felicity Jones; Harikrishna K.R.Nair; Gwendolyn Mullholland; Melissa Nelson; Siriluck Siripanyawat; Stephanie Slayton; Misty Smith; Maria ten Hove; Marlene Varga; Elisa Winn; Tuğba Yehi; Saldy Yusuf

  • Community Care Panel Group

    Paulo Alves; Rujira Aksorn; Charles Buscemi; Hector Cintron; Anna De Jesus; Christantie Effendy; Brenda Freymiller; Marie-Line Gaubert-Dahan; Deniz Harputlu; Hu Hongyang; Fatimah Hassan Essa Jadher; Budi Anna Keliat; Yuwadee Kestsumpun; Annette Klosta; Catherine Leahy; Mary Litchford; Amanda Miley; Suzanne Mitchell; Gordana Petkovska; Katherine Rae; Brooke Randol; Seana Rutherford; Jumanah Salim Shukur; Suriadi; Terry Swanson; Tim Torsy

Expert Panel Group: Treatment of Pressure Injuries

  • PI Pain Panel Group

    Joni Brinker; Stacey Fisher; Ednalda Maria Franck; Nicoletta Frescos; Jodie Gordon; Mary Knapp; Wendy Sansom; Made Suandika; Anna Polak; Rachel Reynolds; Hayley Ryan; Valentina Vanzi; Kevin Woo

  • Biophysical Agents Panel Group

    Sharon Boxall; Rosa Colella; Judith Butryn; Michele Deppisch; Daijiro Haba; Pamela Houghton; Michelle Kane; Sivagame Maniya; Anna Polak; Robyn Rayner; Hiske Smart; Misty Smith; Michelle Stiller; Stephanie Slayton; Mikiko Uemura

  • Wound Care Panel Group

    Charles Buscemi; Mi Kyung Cho; Jennifer Erickson; Brenda Freymiller; Eunjin Han; Kathleen Hocking; Kim Le Blanc; Felicity Jones; Takafumi Kadono; Juliette Lowe; Sue Monaro; Igor Melnychuk; Prashini Moodley; Suzanne Mitchell; Harikrishna K.R.Nair; Gojiro Nakagami; Chakhau Pang; Tabatha Rando; Hollie Robinson; Terry Swanson; Laura Swoboda; Valentina Vanzi; Thamonwan Yodkolkij

  • PI Surgery Panel Group

    Eisiah Abbas; Paula Anton; Rosa Colella; Anj Dickson ; Maria Giaquinto-Cilliers; Lara Goolsby; Sivagame Maniya ; Victoria McNamara; Keddagoda Gamage Vinod Saranga; Aamir Siddiqui; James Stillerman; Maria ten Hove; Yap Jiann Wen (Alan)

  • Wound Dressings Panel Group

    Alex Aningalan; Muhammad Aminuddin; Aihua Chen; Stephanie Constable; Mary Famorca; Diane Freeman; Mark Goetcheus; Clare Greenwood; Lory Hartland; Britt Hansen; Debra Johnston; Katherine Puyk; Nicole Walsh

Community Engagement

  • Consumers Panel Group

    NPIAP, EPUAP and PPPIA acknowledge the contribution of individuals with first-hand experience of their own PI or a PI of a loved one:

    Tobias Cole; Sue Creehan; Jenifer Guedes; Eileen Lim; Dot Nary; Stephen Pizzol

  • Consumer Issues Panel Group

    Rujira Aksorn; Lisa Allegri; Joseph Beiler; Susanne Coleman; Elizabeth Faust; Jodie Gordon; Mechelle Krause; Pipit Lestari; Shikha Modi; Sun Young Nam; Gordana Petkovska; Jennifer Prentice; Katherine Rae; Hollie Robinson; Wendy Sansom; Widasari Sri Gitarja; Emine Tetik; Jing Zhao

  • Associate Organizations

    The Guideline is supported and endorsed by the following organizations, members from which participate in Expert Panel Groups: Chinese Nurses Association; Canadian Pressure Injury Advisory Panel; Enterostomal Therapy Nurse Association (Thailand); International Inter-professional Wound Care Group (IIIWCG); Indonesia Wound Care Clinician Association; Indonesian Wound Enterostomal Continence Nurses Association (InWECNA); Japanese Society of Pressure Ulcers; Korea Association of Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses; Malaysian Society of Wound Care Professionals; Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada ; Pan African Pressure Injury Alliance; Saudi Chapter of Enterostomal Therapy; Brazilian Association of Enterostomal Therapy (SOBEST); World Council of Enterostomal Therapists®; Wound Healing Association of Southern Africa; Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses™ Society; Wounds Canada

    See the Associate Organizations

  • Stakeholder Engagement

    The GGG extends its thanks to the approximately 900 registered stakeholder who had opportunity to review and comment on sections of the guideline.

    Stakeholder review is ongoing as the living guideline development continues.

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