Volume 51 - Issue 2 - February, 2005
Department
Letters to the Editor
02/01/2005
Dear Editor,
The paper by Anderson and Rappl (Lateral rotation mattresses for wound healing. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2004;50(4):50-62) that describes the effect of a rotating surface on pressure ulcer healing is particularly important in...
Dear Editor,
The paper by Anderson and Rappl (Lateral rotation mattresses for wound healing. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2004;50(4):50-62) that describes the effect of a rotating surface on pressure ulcer healing is particularly important in...
Dear Editor,
The paper by...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
02/01/2005
Part 1 | Part 2
Duration on support surfaces. Residents placed on Group 1 surfaces remained on the surface for an average of 30.1 days, as compared to a mean duration of 29.4 days on Group 2 and 43.8 days on Group 3 surfaces (P...
Part 1 | Part 2
Duration on support surfaces. Residents placed on Group 1 surfaces remained on the surface for an average of 30.1 days, as compared to a mean duration of 29.4 days on Group 2 and 43.8 days on Group 3 surfaces (P...
Part 1 | Part 2
Duration on...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
02/01/2005
Therapeutic Surfaces and Skin Temperature
Clinical studies have shown “good evidence of efficacy” of specialty beds, such as when comparing low-air-loss surfaces to standard foam mattresses, for the treatment of pressure ulcers.1...
Therapeutic Surfaces and Skin Temperature
Clinical studies have shown “good evidence of efficacy” of specialty beds, such as when comparing low-air-loss surfaces to standard foam mattresses, for the treatment of pressure ulcers.1...
Therapeutic Surfaces and Skin...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
02/01/2005
The decision to use a specialty support surface for the prevention or treatment of skin breakdown is becoming increasingly complex.
As technology advances, a growing array of surface choices has become available. In addition, an aging...
The decision to use a specialty support surface for the prevention or treatment of skin breakdown is becoming increasingly complex.
As technology advances, a growing array of surface choices has become available. In addition, an aging...
The decision to use a...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
02/01/2005
Among the most difficult challenges facing clinicians are selecting an appropriate pouching system for an ostomy patient and resolving a patient’s existing management problem. Modifications in pouching technique or product usage can...
Among the most difficult challenges facing clinicians are selecting an appropriate pouching system for an ostomy patient and resolving a patient’s existing management problem. Modifications in pouching technique or product usage can...
Among the most difficult...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
02/01/2005
Speculation is rife at Passavant Area Hospital whether anyone gets paged more than wound ostomy continence nurse (WOCN) Nancy Chatham. She developed the WOC inpatient/outpatient program and its services for her hospital; recently, she was...
Speculation is rife at Passavant Area Hospital whether anyone gets paged more than wound ostomy continence nurse (WOCN) Nancy Chatham. She developed the WOC inpatient/outpatient program and its services for her hospital; recently, she was...
Speculation is rife at...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
02/01/2005
Competitive Bidding
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has scheduled a 3-day meeting (February 28 to March 2) of the Program Advisory and Oversight Committee (PAOC). If time permits, and for the first time since the...
Competitive Bidding
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has scheduled a 3-day meeting (February 28 to March 2) of the Program Advisory and Oversight Committee (PAOC). If time permits, and for the first time since the...
Competitive Bidding
The...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Special Report
02/01/2005
When patients covered by Medicare Part A need pressure-reducing support surfaces, hospitals and skilled nursing facilities are financially responsible for acquiring and supplying the appropriate products. Hospitals receive the single...
When patients covered by Medicare Part A need pressure-reducing support surfaces, hospitals and skilled nursing facilities are financially responsible for acquiring and supplying the appropriate products. Hospitals receive the single...
When patients covered by...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
02/01/2005
Fecal management system diverts waste and helps prevent infection
ConvaTec (Princeton, NJ) introduces the Flexi-Seal® Fecal Management System (FMS), an advanced alternative to more traditional diversion and containment designed to...
Fecal management system diverts waste and helps prevent infection
ConvaTec (Princeton, NJ) introduces the Flexi-Seal® Fecal Management System (FMS), an advanced alternative to more traditional diversion and containment designed to...
Fecal management system diverts...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance
02/01/2005
Several years ago the Health Information Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was the subject of tremendous attention and trepidation. This Act (at least parts of it) is now the law and provision of medical care has continued...
Several years ago the Health Information Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was the subject of tremendous attention and trepidation. This Act (at least parts of it) is now the law and provision of medical care has continued...
Several years ago the Health...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
