Volume 51 - Issue 2 - February, 2005

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Special Report: Payment Perspective: Pressure-reducing Support Surfaces

02/01/2005

When patients covered by Medicare Part A need pressure-reducing support surfaces, hospitals and skilled nursing facilities are financially responsible for acquiring and supplying the appropriate products. Hospitals receive the single...

When patients covered by...

02/01/2005

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New Products and Industry News

02/01/2005

Fecal management system diverts waste and helps prevent infection ConvaTec (Princeton, NJ) introduces the Flexi-Seal® Fecal Management System (FMS), an advanced alternative to more traditional diversion and containment designed to...

Fecal management system diverts...

02/01/2005

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The Ostomy Files: Decision for Selection: A Logical Approach to Pouching System Selection

02/01/2005

Among the most difficult challenges facing clinicians are selecting an appropriate pouching system for an ostomy patient and resolving a patient’s existing management problem. Modifications in pouching technique or product usage can...

Among the most difficult...

02/01/2005

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Empirical Studies

Skin Cooling Surfaces: Estimating the Importance of Limiting Skin Temperature

02/01/2005

Therapeutic Surfaces and Skin Temperature Clinical studies have shown “good evidence of efficacy” of specialty beds, such as when comparing low-air-loss surfaces to standard foam mattresses, for the treatment of pressure ulcers.1...

Therapeutic Surfaces and Skin...

02/01/2005

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Development of an Evidence-based Specialty Support Surface Decision Tool

02/01/2005

The decision to use a specialty support surface for the prevention or treatment of skin breakdown is becoming increasingly complex. As technology advances, a growing array of surface choices has become available. In addition, an aging...

The decision to use a...

02/01/2005

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Comparison of Air-Fluidized Therapy with Other Support Surfaces Used to Treat Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Home Residents‚ÄîPart 1.

02/01/2005

Pressure ulcers present a serious and common problem, especially in the elderly. More than 1 million individuals develop pressure ulcers annually.1 The prevalence of pressure ulcers has been reported as 11% in skilled-care and nursing...

Pressure ulcers present a...

02/01/2005

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Comparison of Air-Fluidized Therapy with Other Support Surfaces Used to Treat Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Home Residents‚ÄîPart 2.

02/01/2005

Part 1 | Part 3 Methods and Procedures The NPULS study data collection instrument. A multidisciplinary team composed of pressure ulcer experts including physicians, clinicians, academicians, dietitians, physical therapists, pharmacists,...

Part 1 | Part 3 Methods and...

02/01/2005

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Comparison of Air-Fluidized Therapy with Other Support Surfaces Used to Treat Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Home Residents‚ÄîPart 3.

02/01/2005

Part 1 | Part 2 Duration on support surfaces. Residents placed on Group 1 surfaces remained on the surface for an average of 30.1 days, as compared to a mean duration of 29.4 days on Group 2 and 43.8 days on Group 3 surfaces (P...

Part 1 | Part 2 Duration on...

02/01/2005

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Editorial

Editor`s Opinion: Product Safety and Business Interests: D√©j√† vu‚Ä¶

02/01/2005

The year was 1999. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act to accelerate the drug approval process was 7 years old and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was busy implementing the 1997 FDA Modernization Act that included sweeping changes...

The year was 1999. The...

02/01/2005

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Letters to the Editor

02/01/2005

Dear Editor, The paper by Anderson and Rappl (Lateral rotation mattresses for wound healing. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2004;50(4):50-62) that describes the effect of a rotating surface on pressure ulcer healing is particularly important in...

Dear Editor, The paper by...

02/01/2005

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At-Risk Skin: 21 Consensus Statements From the Coalition for At-Risk Skin

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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

Special Report on MASD written by Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, MAPWCA; Siobhan McCoulough, CNS; and Patricia Idensohn, CNS.

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

The supplement provides a brief overview of the Wound Hygiene Protocol, developed by ConvaTec, as well as a series of clinical cases presented by experts in their respective fields. These clinical cases challenge the reader to consider how to best approach the reported wound cases.

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