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Volume 58 - Issue 9 - September 2012

Department
Nutrition 411: Wound Healing in the Era of Long-term Care Culture Change
09/01/2012
  Patients in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have seen institutional life change dramatically over the past several years. SNFs, often called long-term care (LTC) communities, operate under vastly different guidelines than traditional...
  Patients in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have seen institutional life change dramatically over the past several years. SNFs, often called long-term care (LTC) communities, operate under vastly different guidelines than traditional...
  Patients in skilled nursing...
09/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Continence Coach: Our Moral Obligation to Skin Care: Calling for Inclusivity
09/01/2012
Absorbent Quality Performance Standards   A council headed by the National Association For Continence (NAFC) recently released its recommended national quality performance standards for disposable adult absorbent products for incontinence in...
Absorbent Quality Performance Standards   A council headed by the National Association For Continence (NAFC) recently released its recommended national quality performance standards for disposable adult absorbent products for incontinence in...
Absorbent Quality Performance...
09/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
My Scope of Practice: A Professional Who’s Been There
09/01/2012
Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are. — Bernice Johnson Reagon, American historian  Wound, ostomy, and continence care is a vocation and avocation for Paula Erwin-Toth, MSN,...
Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are. — Bernice Johnson Reagon, American historian  Wound, ostomy, and continence care is a vocation and avocation for Paula Erwin-Toth, MSN,...
Life’s challenges are not...
09/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
AAWC News
09/01/2012
Visit the AAWC (Booth 1605) at SAWC Fall   AAWC members who attend SAWC Fall have several advantages:     • Members choose from more than 40 clinical sessions and earn up to 16 credits at a discounted rate of 20%;     • AAWC membership...
Visit the AAWC (Booth 1605) at SAWC Fall   AAWC members who attend SAWC Fall have several advantages:     • Members choose from more than 40 clinical sessions and earn up to 16 credits at a discounted rate of 20%;     • AAWC membership...
Visit the AAWC (Booth 1605) at...
09/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Literature Review
Using Science to Advance Wound Care Practice: Lessons from the Literature
09/01/2012
Abstract   Wound care professionals can improve clinical, patient-oriented wound outcomes and do so cost-effectively by using scientific evidence to meet patient and wound care goals and needs. A review of the literature was conducted to...
Abstract   Wound care professionals can improve clinical, patient-oriented wound outcomes and do so cost-effectively by using scientific evidence to meet patient and wound care goals and needs. A review of the literature was conducted to...
Abstract   Wound care...
09/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

Empirical Studies
Content Validation of Algorithms to Guide Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Adults with Acute or Chronic Wounds: A Cross-sectional Study
09/01/2012
Abstract   Despite extensive use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and reported patient safety concerns, evidence-based algorithms to guide its safe and appropriate use in various wounds have only recently been developed. Preliminary...
Abstract   Despite extensive use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and reported patient safety concerns, evidence-based algorithms to guide its safe and appropriate use in various wounds have only recently been developed. Preliminary...
Abstract   Despite extensive...
09/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
A Mechanically Powered Negative Pressure Device Used in Conjunction with a Bioengineered Cell-based Product for the Treatment of Pyoderma Gangrenosum: A Case Report
09/01/2012
Abstract   Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG), an uncommon inflammatory and ulcerative skin disease, typically is treated medically with a combination of immunosuppression and local wound care, but evidence to guide care is limited. PG wounds can be...
Abstract   Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG), an uncommon inflammatory and ulcerative skin disease, typically is treated medically with a combination of immunosuppression and local wound care, but evidence to guide care is limited. PG wounds can be...
Abstract   Pyoderma gangrenosum...
09/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
Efficacy of a Bio-electric Dressing in Healing Deep, Partial-thickness Wounds Using a Porcine Model
09/01/2012
Abstract   Numerous physical modalities have been used in attempts to augment the healing process, including ultrasound, low-energy light therapy, and electrical stimulation (ES). ES has been shown to benefit tissue repair in a variety of...
Abstract   Numerous physical modalities have been used in attempts to augment the healing process, including ultrasound, low-energy light therapy, and electrical stimulation (ES). ES has been shown to benefit tissue repair in a variety of...
Abstract   Numerous physical...
09/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Letter from the Editor
From the Editor: He Skillfully Walked the Line
09/01/2012
  The healthcare industry, including the world of scientific publications, has changed over my 12 years as Editor of Ostomy Wound Management. When I came on board, what I call the line separating church and state — ie, between providing...
  The healthcare industry, including the world of scientific publications, has changed over my 12 years as Editor of Ostomy Wound Management. When I came on board, what I call the line separating church and state — ie, between providing...
  The healthcare industry,...
09/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention

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The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds
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