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The NPIAP invites you to submit an abstract for the 2026 Annual Conference:

We welcome abstracts that support the NPIAP mission to improve patient outcomes in pressure injury prevention and management through education, public policy and/or research.

You may select a preference for poster or podium presentation. Note that only a small number of abstracts will be selected for podium presentation.

Your blinded abstract will be reviewed and scored by a panel of reviewers who are experts in area(s) relevant to its topic.

There is no fee to submit an abstract but if your abstract is accepted, you must register for the Conference and pay the appropriate fee.

Maximum of 3 abstracts per person, each person will only be eligible for 1 award.

We invite high quality abstracts that will be considered for the following 6 categories:

1. Pressure Injury Clinical Research - Research on pressure injuries involving patients or research that obtains data surrounding the processes of pressure injury prevention and treatment. Types of pressure injury clinical research can include experimental, quasi-experimental, observational, or qualitative designs.
2. Bench/Laboratory Research – Other laboratory-based, experiments without human participants that help us to better understand pressure injury development or prevention.
3. Case Study/Case Series - Descriptive study based on singular or grouped uncontrolled observations of patients (case series-minimum of 3) or singular report of one unusual case on an individual patient (case reports).
4. Outcomes - Epidemiology of pressure injuries to better understand prevalence in at-risk populations.
5. Patient-centered Research – Research focused on understanding patient and caregiver experiences with pressure injuries. Studies must involve patients and/or caregivers.
6. Practice Innovation - Creative, novel and unique methods, clinical and/or other processes that assist in the prevention and/or treatment of pressure injuries as well as operational improvements leading to better cost-minimization outcomes (vis-à-vis constrained optimization), clinical outcomes, and/or workflow improvements. All practice innovations should provide replicable ideas for implementation.

Abstracts will be evaluated through a blinded review process on the following criterion using a point system. Note: Points are lost for lack of clarity, misspellings and poor grammar:

1. Overall, the abstract is well organized
2. Background/Significance provides a presentation of the issue
3. The Problem or Objective is clearly stated
4. Methodology is appropriate for the type of work presented
5. Data are analyzed using appropriate techniques
6. Final data is presented clearly and concisely
7. Conclusions are clearly written, and the data support the conclusions
8. The abstract contains new knowledge or enhances previous findings.
9. The abstract acknowledges un-answered or un-addressed questions resulting from the study
10. The abstract follows a logically coherent presentation path
11. Overall impact value of the work to the field of pressure injuries

Award Eligibility

Posters may be considered for an award based on the final score it has been given by the evaluators. High quality abstracts will be considered for the following 4 award categories:

1. Student - Still classified as a student on the abstract submission deadline. You will need to provide your student advisor's name and phone number.
2. Young investigator - Within 5 years of degree. You need to provide your graduation date, program, and degree received.
3. Best overall contribution to the field of pressure injury prevention and treatment.
4. The Charlie Lachenbruch Award - This is a non-monetary award for industry members whose poster demonstrates contribution to the science of pressure injury prevention and treatment.

Please note the following information:

• Product brand names cannot be used in abstracts . Please only use generic names in abstracts, posters and in oral presentations (e.g., silicone five-layer foam dressing).
• Individuals must fully declare their conflicts of interest including in-kind services (e.g., products received, data analysis services, etc.) within their abstract application. If your abstract is accepted, instructions will be provided for how to handle financial disclosures and product names that may be more unique and specific.
• The NPIAP logo cannot be placed on your poster. Placing the NPIAP logo is misleading to the attendees who may think the NPIAP is endorsing your work as well and an infringement on the NPIAP logo copyright.
• We will accept industry-sponsored research but please distinguish whether it is industry-initiated vs. investigator-initiated. We will also accept research from our industry partners. These abstracts will only be considered for the Charles Lachenbruch Award (non-monetary).

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