NPIAP Pressure Injury Stages
The National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel redefined the definition of a pressure injuries in 2016.
Click here to view definitions.
Additional resources
Pressure Injury Illustrations
NPIAP offers free downloadable pressure injury illustrations for educational purposes.
Click here to view or download all 19 staging images.
Click here to view or download a staging poster with definitions, illustrations, and photos for each stage.
Click any of the images below to view or download the individual illustration:
Journal citation; article explains development of the 2016 staging system:
Edsberg, L. E., Black, J. M., Goldberg, M., McNichol, L., Moore, L., & Sieggreen, M. (2016). Revised National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Pressure Injury Staging System: Revised Pressure Injury Staging System. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs, 43(6), 585-597. doi:10.1097/won.0000000000000281