Volume 51 - Issue 10 - October, 2005

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Guest Editorial: Creative Concepts, Codes, and Costs

10/01/2005

A 19th century patent commissioner may (or may not) have once said, “Everything that can be invented has been invented.”1 Fortunately, he was wrong. Much has been invented since the 1800s and more is certain to come. This issue of Ostomy...

A 19th century patent...

10/01/2005

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Special to OWM: Healing After the Hurricane

10/01/2005

This summer’s hurricanes cut a path of destruction across the US Gulf Coast, killing hundreds and compromising the health of thousands of people exposed to their wrath. The luckier victims escaped to dry ground in Texas and other states...

This summer’s hurricanes cut...

10/01/2005

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The Ostomy Files: Ostomy Support Organizations Re-emerge

10/01/2005

Many members of the recently disbanded United Ostomy Association (UOA) — some who provide ostomy care, some who manufacture ostomy products — and people dealing with new ostomy or continent diversions believed this population’s needs...

Many members of the recently...

10/01/2005

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Help and Healing

10/01/2005

Healthcare Organizations Respond to Hurricane Katrina The American Association of Home Care (https://www.aahomecare.org) is using the Hurricane Katrina Information Center link on its website to help coordinate home care relief efforts as...

Healthcare Organizations Respond...

10/01/2005

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Medicare Payment System for Wound Care Biologics

10/01/2005

The Medicare payment systems for wound care drugs and dressings were reviewed in the June and September 2005 issues of Ostomy Wound Management. Because many readers requested a similar review of wound care biologics, Table 1 was created...

The Medicare payment systems...

10/01/2005

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Notes on Practice: Managing Radiation Skin Injury

10/01/2005

During and after radiation therapy, patients may experience dryness, itching, erythema, hair loss, rash, and dry desquamation — ie, scaly, flaking skin. Wet desquamation, which resembles a second-degree burn, is seen less frequently....

During and after radiation...

10/01/2005

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New Products and Industry News

10/01/2005

Intermittent catheter helps reduce urethral friction and infection Mentor Corporation (Santa Barbara, Calif.), an international medical product supplier, announced the launch of the company’s new Self-Cath® Hydrogel™ intermittent urinary...

Intermittent catheter helps...

10/01/2005

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Empirical Studies

Effect of Ultraviolet Light C on Bacterial Colonization in Chronic Wounds

10/01/2005

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria commonly found in wounds. The prevalence of MRSA increased from less than 3% to rates as high as 40% between the early 1980s and 1990s in many...

Methicillin-resistant...

10/01/2005

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Physician Adoption of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds

10/01/2005

C hronic wounds are generally defined as wounds that do not heal in a timely fashion1 or more specifically, wounds which “fail to proceed through an orderly and timely process to produce anatomic and functional integrity” after receiving...

C hronic wounds are generally...

10/01/2005

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

Study to determine if the use of a new dressing protocol applied by advanced practice certified wound care nurses at the patient’s residence could be effective in rapid wound resolution.

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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