Volume 52 - Issue 1 - January, 2006

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Medicare Payment System for Surgical Dressings Containing Silver

01/01/2006

Manufacturers considering the addition of silver to their wound care dressing lines are usually surprised to learn that Medicare’s Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier (DMERC) Fee Schedules do not allow higher payments for surgical...

Manufacturers considering...

01/01/2006

Wound Management & Prevention

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New Products and Industry News

01/01/2006

Mild cleansing perineal cloth helps control odor Coloplast Corp. Skin Health Division (Marietta, Ga) introduces the Baza Cleanse and Protect® Perineal Cloth with Odor Control, the latest addition to the Baza Cleanse and Protect product...

Mild cleansing perineal cloth...

01/01/2006

Wound Management & Prevention

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Skin Care: From Skin Health to Ulcer Prevention

01/01/2006

Skin performs a variety of functions. It is the body’s the first defense against not only infection from a variety of pathogens (eg, bacteria, viruses, fungi and yeast), but also chemicals, the sun, and other toxic substances. It...

Skin performs a variety of...

01/01/2006

Wound Management & Prevention

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Adjuvant Dressing for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Burns

01/01/2006

Wound healing is a complex process involving cell migration, debris removal, infection and inflammation control, angiogenesis, granulation tissue deposition, contraction, connective tissue matrix remodeling, and maturation.1 The advent of...

Wound healing is a complex...

01/01/2006

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The Ostomy Files: Is There a Gap in Ostomy Rehabilitation?

01/01/2006

In a healthcare environment where ostomy patients are admitted the day of surgery and discharged but a few days later, clinicians have little time to obtain a secure seal on an ostomy pouching system and teach self-care “survival skills,”...

In a healthcare environment...

01/01/2006

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My Scope of Practice: Taking the Fear out of Research

01/01/2006

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) awards magnet status to fewer than 5% of all US hospitals. Institutions seeking such recognition must excel in 14 Points of Magnetism, which are measures and benchmarks for professional...

The American Nurses...

01/01/2006

Wound Management & Prevention

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Empirical Studies

A Discussion of Silver as an Antimicrobial Agent: Alleviating the Confusion

01/01/2006

Silver used as an antimicrobial agent has an impressive history. Silver (as well as copper) is used as a disinfectant in hospital and hotel water sanitization systems. It is used in the food industry in chicken farming and oyster cleaning...

Silver used as an...

01/01/2006

Wound Management & Prevention

Empirical Studies

Silver Deposition and Tissue Staining Associated with Wound Dressings Containing Silver

01/01/2006

Silver has long been recognized for its broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity and compatibility with mammalian tissues. Several reviews have been written on its historical use,1,2 antimicrobial properties,3 and toxicity.4 Silver’s...

Silver has long been...

01/01/2006

Wound Management & Prevention

Case Report

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy to Treat Peri-prosthetic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection after Incisional Herniorrhaphy: A Case Study and Literature Review

01/01/2006

Incisional hernias frequently occur after laparotomy. Recurrence rates after primary repair range from 31% to 54%. Repairing the hernia with prosthetic mesh has lowered these recurrence rates to 2% to 10%,1 making this the treatment of...

Incisional hernias...

01/01/2006

Wound Management & Prevention

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Editorial

Editor`s Opinion: A New Year: A Therapeutic Future for Wound Care?

01/01/2006

Is it possible, after many years of discussion and debate, that 2006 will be remembered as the year wound care moved into the 21st century? I am not talking about the massive eradication of gauze-based dressing protocols or the worldwide...

Is it possible, after many...

01/01/2006

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Use of a New Dressing Protocol in Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds on Homebound Patients: A Retrospective Study

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Understanding Moisture-associated Skin Damage and Best Practice Recommendations

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Gelling Fiber Dressings: How Structure and Function Relate to Healing

Biomedical engineer Amit Gefen, BSc, MSc, PhD, discusses dressings in general and gelling dressings in particular from an engineering and clinical use perspective.

The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds

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