long term care

Improved Detection of Infection Using Bacterial Fluorescence Imaging Reveals the True Proportion of Infected Wounds in Long Term Care Facilities

10-54% of long term care (LTC) facility patients have a chronic wound1. Often, infections develop in these wounds due to delays in detection of high bacterial loads. Delays are attributed...

01/28/2021

Addressing Pressure Ulcer Bacteria: Impact of Fluorescence Imaging on Assessment & Treatment

Pressure ulcers (PUs) occur in up to 15% of inpatients1 and 37-53% of long-term care (LTC) residents2 and are plagued by infection. Many clinical signs and symptoms of infection (CSS) in ...

01/28/2021

Case Report

Use of Air-Fluidized or Fluid Immersion Redistribution Support Surfaces for the Treatment of Stage 4 Pressure Injuries: A Case Series

01/06/2021

Jeanette Griffey, RN, BSN, CWOCN

Jeanene Barnes, RN, BSN, CWOCN

Marta K. Bardonner, RN, BSN, CWOCN

Long-term acute care hospitals frequently treat medically complex patients, many with severe pressure injuries (PIs); this study compares healing rates in patients with severe PIs on air-fluidized therapy (AFT) or fluid immersion system...

Long-term acute care hospitals...

01/06/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Addressing Pressure Ulcer Bacteria: Impact of Fluorescence Imaging on Assessment and Treatment

Pressure ulcers (PUs) occur in up to 15% of inpatients1 and 37-53% of long-term care (LTC) residents2 and are plagued by infection. Many clinical signs and symptoms of infection (CSS) in ...

11/23/2020