prevention

Educational Report

Utilizing Advanced Foot Care in the Prevention of Wounds/Amputations in the Patient with Diabetes Mellitus

04/10/2018

Rebecca Rothemich, BSN, RN, CWON, CFCN, explores the effect of advanced foot care on wound/amputation prevention compared with no advanced foot care, which was presented as a poster at the 2017 SAWC Fall in Las Vegas, NV.

Rebecca Rothemich, BSN, RN,...

04/10/2018

Wounds

News

Open windows and doors can improve sleep quality

12/08/2017

Open windows and doors helped reduce carbon dioxide levels and improve ventilation and air flow, which was related to better sleep quality for the healthy young adults in the study.

Open windows and doors helped...

12/08/2017

Neurology

Original Research

Early Detection of Pressure Injury Using a Forensic Alternate Light Source

05/30/2017

Heather Hettrick , PT, PhD, CWS, AWCC, CLT-LANA, CLWT;

Cheryl Hill ;

Patrick C. Hardigan , PhD;

This study aimed to determine if an alternate light source (ALS) can be used to detect tissue trauma before visible manifestations of tissue injury are evident with the naked eye.

This study aimed to determine if...

05/30/2017

Wounds

Educational Report

Prevention of Perioperative Pressure Injury Tool Kit

05/24/2017

In this video, Susan Scott presents her poster, “Perioperative Pressure Injury Tool Kit,” from the Symposium of Advanced Wound Care Spring in San Diego, CA, April 6-9, 2017.

In this video, Susan Scott...

05/24/2017

Wounds

Evidence Corner

Dressings Can Prevent Pressure Injury

10/08/2016

Laura Bolton

Below we add 1 more RCT to the growing evidence that dressings once indicated only for healing wounds are effective in preventing PU in critically ill patients6 and summarize a systematic review of that evidence.

Below we add 1 more RCT to the...

10/08/2016

Wounds

Original Research

The Effect of a Simple 3-Step Pressure Relieving Strategy for Preventing Pressure Ulcers: An Explorative Longitudinal Study From 2002-2011

10/10/2014

Ruud J.G. Halfens ;

Martin W.F. van Leen ;

Steven E.R. Hovius ;

Jos MGA Schols ;

10/10/2014

Wounds