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RETRACTION: A Systematic Review of Nurses' Knowledge and Related Factors towards the Prevention of Medical Device‐Related Pressure Ulcers

TL;DR
This retracted paper reviewed nurses' knowledge about preventing pressure ulcers related to medical devices.
Contribution
The paper aimed to identify factors influencing nurses' knowledge in pressure ulcer prevention.
Findings
The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
Authors disagreed with the retraction decision.
Abstract
RETRACTION: ParviziA. , HaddadiS. , MollaeiA. , VajargahP. G. , TakasiP. , FiroozM. , HosseiniS. J. , FarzanR. , and KarkhahS. , “A Systematic Review of Nurses' Knowledge and Related Factors towards the Prevention of Medical Device‐Related Pressure Ulcers,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 7 (2023): 2843–2854, 10.1111/iwj.14122.36792930 PMC10410313 The above article, published online on 15 February 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. A third party reported to the journal that they had found evidence of excessive self‐citations in the reference list of this article. The publisher did not confirm the evidence of excessive self‐citations. Upon further investigation, the publisher also concluded that this article was accepted…
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Taxonomy
TopicsPressure Ulcer Prevention and Management · Wound Healing and Treatments · Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases
RETRACTION:
A. Parvizi , S. Haddadi , A. Mollaei , P. G. Vajargah , P. Takasi , M. Firooz , S. J. Hosseini , R. Farzan , and S. Karkhah , “A Systematic Review of Nurses' Knowledge and Related Factors towards the Prevention of Medical Device‐Related Pressure Ulcers,” International Wound Journal 20, no. 7 (2023): 2843–2854, 10.1111/iwj.14122.36792930 PMC10410313
The above article, published online on 15 February 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. A third party reported to the journal that they had found evidence of excessive self‐citations in the reference list of this article. The publisher did not confirm the evidence of excessive self‐citations. Upon further investigation, the publisher also concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. In view of the clear evidence of compromised peer review, the parties agreed that the paper must be retracted. The authors disagree with the retraction.
