# 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.

## Key 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- The paper was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.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The above article, published online on 15 February 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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 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.