Volume 51 - Issue 2 - February, 2005
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
Editorial
02/01/2005
The year was 1999. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act to accelerate the drug approval process was 7 years old and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was busy implementing the 1997 FDA Modernization Act that included sweeping changes...
The year was 1999. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act to accelerate the drug approval process was 7 years old and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was busy implementing the 1997 FDA Modernization Act that included sweeping changes...
The year was 1999. The...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
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
Empirical Studies
02/01/2005
Pressure ulcers present a serious and common problem, especially in the elderly. More than 1 million individuals develop pressure ulcers annually.1 The prevalence of pressure ulcers has been reported as 11% in skilled-care and nursing...
Pressure ulcers present a serious and common problem, especially in the elderly. More than 1 million individuals develop pressure ulcers annually.1 The prevalence of pressure ulcers has been reported as 11% in skilled-care and nursing...
Pressure ulcers present a...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
02/01/2005
Part 1 | Part 3
Methods and Procedures
The NPULS study data collection instrument. A multidisciplinary team composed of pressure ulcer experts including physicians, clinicians, academicians, dietitians, physical therapists, pharmacists,...
Part 1 | Part 3
Methods and Procedures
The NPULS study data collection instrument. A multidisciplinary team composed of pressure ulcer experts including physicians, clinicians, academicians, dietitians, physical therapists, pharmacists,...
Part 1 | Part 3
Methods and...
02/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
