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Volume 56 - Issue 5 - May, 2010

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The Ostomy Files: A Validated Ostomy Care Algorithm: Applications to Clinical Practice
05/10/2010
   An algorithm is a step-by-step procedure designed to solve a specific problem by advancing through a series of pre-determined logical steps. Initially used in computers and digital processing, algorithms now are used for many diagnostic...
   An algorithm is a step-by-step procedure designed to solve a specific problem by advancing through a series of pre-determined logical steps. Initially used in computers and digital processing, algorithms now are used for many diagnostic...
   An algorithm is a...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Weird Science: Air Force Treats Wounds with Lasers and Nanotechnology
05/10/2010
Weird Science: May 25, 2010  Air Force Treats Wounds with Lasers and Nanotechnology   Long gone are stitches and old-school sutures. The Air Force is now funding scientists who are using nanotechnology and lasers to seal up wounds at a...
Weird Science: May 25, 2010  Air Force Treats Wounds with Lasers and Nanotechnology   Long gone are stitches and old-school sutures. The Air Force is now funding scientists who are using nanotechnology and lasers to seal up wounds at a...
Weird Science: May 25, 2010  Air...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
New Products and Industry News
05/10/2010
Continence control device receives medical design excellence award   ConvaTec (Skillman, NJ) recently announced that the Vitala™ Continence Control Device (CCD) has received a 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award. Vitala™ CCD is a...
Continence control device receives medical design excellence award   ConvaTec (Skillman, NJ) recently announced that the Vitala™ Continence Control Device (CCD) has received a 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award. Vitala™ CCD is a...
Continence control device...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Continence Coach: A Call to Action: Improving the Health Literacy of Americans
05/10/2010
Perhaps this very instant is your time. — Louise Bogan, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet (1897–1970)   During the last US presidential election and in its aftermath with the recent passage of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of...
Perhaps this very instant is your time. — Louise Bogan, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet (1897–1970)   During the last US presidential election and in its aftermath with the recent passage of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of...
Perhaps this very instant is...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
My Scope of Practice: The Audacity of Determination
05/10/2010
  Carelyn P. Fylling, RN, MSN, CWS, CLNC, wasted little time submerging herself in her work. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from North Park College (Chicago, IL), a Master’s Degree in Nursing from the University of...
  Carelyn P. Fylling, RN, MSN, CWS, CLNC, wasted little time submerging herself in her work. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from North Park College (Chicago, IL), a Master’s Degree in Nursing from the University of...
  Carelyn P. Fylling, RN, MSN,...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Nutrition 411: Multivitamin Supplements - Magic Bullet or Waste of Money?
05/10/2010
   Most wound care practitioners are familiar with the relationship between appropriate nutritional care and wound healing. We strive to meet each patient’s needs for protein, calories, fluids, vitamins, and minerals in order to provide the...
   Most wound care practitioners are familiar with the relationship between appropriate nutritional care and wound healing. We strive to meet each patient’s needs for protein, calories, fluids, vitamins, and minerals in order to provide the...
   Most wound care practitioners...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

Empirical Studies
The Effects of Low-frequency Ultrasound (35 kHz) on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in vitro
05/10/2010
Abstract   Scanning electron microscopy study results support an in vitro bactericidal effect of low-frequency ultrasound (LFU) delivered at 40 kHz on bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The purpose of...
Abstract   Scanning electron microscopy study results support an in vitro bactericidal effect of low-frequency ultrasound (LFU) delivered at 40 kHz on bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The purpose of...
Abstract   Scanning electron...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
A Prospective, Longitudinal, Multicenter, Cohort QOL Evaluation of an Intensive Follow-up Program for Patients with a Stoma
05/10/2010
Abstract    The creation of a stoma can profoundly affect a patient’s quality of life. A prospective, 3-month multicenter study was conducted to evaluate stoma patient quality of life among volunteers receiving standard clinical follow-up...
Abstract    The creation of a stoma can profoundly affect a patient’s quality of life. A prospective, 3-month multicenter study was conducted to evaluate stoma patient quality of life among volunteers receiving standard clinical follow-up...
Abstract    The creation of a...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
Testing a Computer-based Ostomy Care Training Resource for Staff Nurses
05/10/2010
Abstract     Fragmented teaching and ostomy care provided by nonspecialized clinicians unfamiliar with state-of-the-art care and products have been identified as problems in teaching ostomy care to the new ostomate. After conducting a...
Abstract     Fragmented teaching and ostomy care provided by nonspecialized clinicians unfamiliar with state-of-the-art care and products have been identified as problems in teaching ostomy care to the new ostomate. After conducting a...
Abstract     Fragmented...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Guest Editorial
Guest Editorial: Global Efforts Address Wounds and Lymphedema
05/10/2010
    Global awareness of the “hidden epidemic”1 of lymphedema and chronic wounds was heralded by a wake-up call from the World Alliance of Wound and Lymphedema Care2 (WAWLC). Worldwide, one person in 30 is estimated to suffer from lymphedema,1...
    Global awareness of the “hidden epidemic”1 of lymphedema and chronic wounds was heralded by a wake-up call from the World Alliance of Wound and Lymphedema Care2 (WAWLC). Worldwide, one person in 30 is estimated to suffer from lymphedema,1...
    Global awareness of the...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention

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The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds
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