Volume 53 - Issue 12 - December, 2007
Department
12/01/2007
What timing! This issue of Ostomy Wound Management with its special focus on incontinence has been published on the heels of the National Association For Continence’s (NAFC) celebration of its 25th anniversary as a not-for-profit...
What timing! This issue of Ostomy Wound Management with its special focus on incontinence has been published on the heels of the National Association For Continence’s (NAFC) celebration of its 25th anniversary as a not-for-profit...
What timing! This issue of...
12/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
12/01/2007
New hand antiseptic improves hand hygiene
3M Health Care (St. Paul, MN) launched Avagard Foam Instant Hand Antiseptic with Moisturizers, the newest addition to their Avagard hand hygiene products.
The foam antiseptic contains a blend of...
New hand antiseptic improves hand hygiene
3M Health Care (St. Paul, MN) launched Avagard Foam Instant Hand Antiseptic with Moisturizers, the newest addition to their Avagard hand hygiene products.
The foam antiseptic contains a blend of...
New hand antiseptic improves...
12/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
12/01/2007
During the holiday season, we make daily and sometimes hourly decisions about what will win: our palate or our waistline. For someone with an ostomy, such decisions are not limited to the holidays. They occur each time that person feels...
During the holiday season, we make daily and sometimes hourly decisions about what will win: our palate or our waistline. For someone with an ostomy, such decisions are not limited to the holidays. They occur each time that person feels...
During the holiday season, we...
12/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
12/01/2007
Incontinence-associated dermatitis, a clinical manifestation of moisture-associated skin damage, is a common consideration in patients with fecal and/or urinary incontinence. Among hospitalized patients, the prevalence rate has been found...
Incontinence-associated dermatitis, a clinical manifestation of moisture-associated skin damage, is a common consideration in patients with fecal and/or urinary incontinence. Among hospitalized patients, the prevalence rate has been found...
Incontinence-associated...
12/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
12/01/2007
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final rule to update the hospital inpatient prospective payment system for fiscal year 2008. Included in this new ruling is the need to identify conditions present on admission as well...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final rule to update the hospital inpatient prospective payment system for fiscal year 2008. Included in this new ruling is the need to identify conditions present on admission as well...
The Centers for Medicare and...
12/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
12/01/2007
Patients with spinal cord injury commonly develop bladder and bowel symptoms that can affect their quality of life. The level of spinal cord injury is an important factor in considering bladder and bowel management strategy options to...
Patients with spinal cord injury commonly develop bladder and bowel symptoms that can affect their quality of life. The level of spinal cord injury is an important factor in considering bladder and bowel management strategy options to...
Patients with spinal cord...
12/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Guest Editorial
12/01/2007
As is customary, the December issue of OWM presents articles elevant to incontinence. Fecal and urinary incontinence are life-changing problems. According to the National Institutes of Health, up to 5% of the general population and up to...
As is customary, the December issue of OWM presents articles elevant to incontinence. Fecal and urinary incontinence are life-changing problems. According to the National Institutes of Health, up to 5% of the general population and up to...
As is customary, the December...
12/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Letters to the Editor
12/01/2007
Dear Editor,
As a wound care nurse with experience in acute care, long-term care, and wound care clinic settings, I was disappointed that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) was not listed as a treatment standard in a recent “The Ostomy...
Dear Editor,
As a wound care nurse with experience in acute care, long-term care, and wound care clinic settings, I was disappointed that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) was not listed as a treatment standard in a recent “The Ostomy...
Dear Editor,
As a wound care...
12/01/2007
Wound Management & Prevention
