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Volume 54 - Issue 12 - December, 2008

PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Wound Cleansing for the 21st Century
12/01/2008
  Clinicians are taught to cleanse a wound before applying a dressing of any kind. The goal of wound cleaning is to remove debris and contaminants from the wound without damaging healthy tissue. Our mothers used hydrogen peroxide at full...
  Clinicians are taught to cleanse a wound before applying a dressing of any kind. The goal of wound cleaning is to remove debris and contaminants from the wound without damaging healthy tissue. Our mothers used hydrogen peroxide at full...
  Clinicians are taught to...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Pursuing the Dream One Certification at a Time
12/01/2008
If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.”- Les Brown   A few years ago, if you asked Pamela Nordin, RN, WCC, if she had any interest in working in...
If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.”- Les Brown   A few years ago, if you asked Pamela Nordin, RN, WCC, if she had any interest in working in...
If you set goals and go after...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Acoustic Pressure Wound Therapy to Debride Unstageable Pressure Ulcers in the Acute Care Setting: A Case Series
12/01/2008
As of October 1, 2008, prompt identification and accurate staging of pressure ulcers present on admission to acute care hospitals became essential for Medicare reimbursement. In short, Medicare will no longer cover the added costs associated...
As of October 1, 2008, prompt identification and accurate staging of pressure ulcers present on admission to acute care hospitals became essential for Medicare reimbursement. In short, Medicare will no longer cover the added costs associated...
As of October 1, 2008, prompt...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Reporting from Cairo: The 2008 ICS Meeting
12/01/2008
 Problems associated with diagnosing and treating bladder and bowel control symptoms and related pelvic floor disorders continue to receive increasing attention globally by healthcare providers. In October 2008, the 38th Annual Meeting of the...
 Problems associated with diagnosing and treating bladder and bowel control symptoms and related pelvic floor disorders continue to receive increasing attention globally by healthcare providers. In October 2008, the 38th Annual Meeting of the...
 Problems associated with...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

Empirical Studies
Internal and External Urinary Catheters: A Primer for Clinical Practice
12/01/2008
Internal and external urinary catheters are used to manage urinary incontinence and incomplete bladder emptying. Bladder dysfunction cause determines whether short- or long-term catheter use is required which, in turn, determines whether an...
Internal and external urinary catheters are used to manage urinary incontinence and incomplete bladder emptying. Bladder dysfunction cause determines whether short- or long-term catheter use is required which, in turn, determines whether an...
Internal and external urinary...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
A Blinded, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial of Topical Negative Pressure Wound Closure in India
12/01/2008
Wound closure using topical negative pressure (TNP) has been reported to be effective, but equipment costs can be prohibitive in resource-challenged countries. Because nonhealing wounds are exceedingly common in developing countries such as...
Wound closure using topical negative pressure (TNP) has been reported to be effective, but equipment costs can be prohibitive in resource-challenged countries. Because nonhealing wounds are exceedingly common in developing countries such as...
Wound closure using topical...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
Alcaligenes xylosoxidans Cholecystitis and Meningitis Acquired during Bathing Procedures in a Burn Unit: A Case Report
12/01/2008
The information in this article was presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Burn, Nagoya, Japan, June 7–8, 2008. Alcaligenes xylosoxidans, a nonfermentative, Gram-negative rod often found in aqueous environments, has been...
The information in this article was presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Burn, Nagoya, Japan, June 7–8, 2008. Alcaligenes xylosoxidans, a nonfermentative, Gram-negative rod often found in aqueous environments, has been...
The information in this article...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Infographic
New Products/Industry News
12/01/2008
New conformable wound dressing now available    The Advanced Wound Management division of Smith & Nephew (London) will launch new ACTICOAT™ Flex to expand the ACTICOAT™ family. The dressing was designed to support physicians dealing with...
New conformable wound dressing now available    The Advanced Wound Management division of Smith & Nephew (London) will launch new ACTICOAT™ Flex to expand the ACTICOAT™ family. The dressing was designed to support physicians dealing with...
New conformable wound dressing...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Executive Spotlight
MIST Therapy® System Enters New Market within Wound Care
12/01/2008
   Celleration, Inc., a Minneapolis-based medical device company,is expanding its patented MIST Therapy® System, an advanced wound care modality, to acute and home health care settings. The company’s primary commercialization focus for its...
   Celleration, Inc., a Minneapolis-based medical device company,is expanding its patented MIST Therapy® System, an advanced wound care modality, to acute and home health care settings. The company’s primary commercialization focus for its...
   Celleration, Inc., a...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Guest Editorial
Guest Editorial: The National Association for Continence: Thinking Outside the Box
12/01/2008
  Every December, Ostomy Wound Management provides a venue for proliferating information about a common yet, incredibly still, stigmatized condition: incontinence. Practitioners assert that although patients are embarrassed and inconvenienced...
  Every December, Ostomy Wound Management provides a venue for proliferating information about a common yet, incredibly still, stigmatized condition: incontinence. Practitioners assert that although patients are embarrassed and inconvenienced...
  Every December, Ostomy Wound...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention

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Use of a New Dressing Protocol in Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds on Homebound Patients: A Retrospective Study
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Understanding Moisture-associated Skin Damage and Best Practice Recommendations
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Gelling Fiber Dressings: How Structure and Function Relate to Healing
Biomedical engineer Amit Gefen, BSc, MSc, PhD, discusses dressings in general and gelling dressings in particular from an engineering and clinical use perspective.
The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds
The supplement provides a brief overview of the Wound Hygiene Protocol, developed by ConvaTec, as well as a series of clinical cases presented by experts in their respective fields. These clinical cases challenge the reader to consider how to best approach the reported wound cases. 

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