Education provided to patients and their family on how to care for the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube is limited and varies widely. This results in PEG-site and tube compl...
Abstract Body: Background: The purpose of our study is to show successful implementation of a bed safety/surface selection guide which includes a convertible mattress resulted in the red...
INTRODUCTION
Repositioning documentation serves an important function for pressure injury root cause analysis[i], managing pressure injury (PrI) prevention programs and for litigation de...
Surgical reconstruction of chronic wounds using soft tissue flaps is a routine approach to achieve closure. Due to the poor tissue quality, longstanding inflammation, bioburden and impai...
Background: Approximately 75-85% of enteric fistulas occur as complications following abdominal surgery (deVries, F. E. E., Atema, J. J. , van Ruler, O., Vaizey, C. J., Serlie, M. J., Boe...
Purpose/Problem: Nutrition is a crucial aspect of diabetic management and wound healing. Diabetics and those with active wounds are at risk for delayed wound healing without optimal nutri...
Biofilm and the bacterial burden have been recognized as impediments to wound progression. The use of negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d) has gained...
Abstract Body: Introduction: In 2014, (CMS) implemented the ‘Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation’ (IMPACT) Act mandating SNFs providing Medicare Part A care to report qualit...
Over the past twenty years, a paradigm shift has resulted in the usage of acellular dermal matrices (ADMs) to take the place of more invasive free tissue transfer (FTT) techniques for low...