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Volume 54 - Issue 12 - December, 2008

PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
12/01/2008
  Clinicians are taught to cleanse a wound before applying a dressing of any kind. The goal of wound cleaning is to remove debris and contaminants from the wound without damaging healthy tissue. Our mothers used hydrogen peroxide at full...
  Clinicians are taught to cleanse a wound before applying a dressing of any kind. The goal of wound cleaning is to remove debris and contaminants from the wound without damaging healthy tissue. Our mothers used hydrogen peroxide at full...
  Clinicians are taught to...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
12/01/2008
If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.”- Les Brown   A few years ago, if you asked Pamela Nordin, RN, WCC, if she had any interest in working in...
If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.”- Les Brown   A few years ago, if you asked Pamela Nordin, RN, WCC, if she had any interest in working in...
If you set goals and go after...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
12/01/2008
As of October 1, 2008, prompt identification and accurate staging of pressure ulcers present on admission to acute care hospitals became essential for Medicare reimbursement. In short, Medicare will no longer cover the added costs associated...
As of October 1, 2008, prompt identification and accurate staging of pressure ulcers present on admission to acute care hospitals became essential for Medicare reimbursement. In short, Medicare will no longer cover the added costs associated...
As of October 1, 2008, prompt...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
12/01/2008
 Problems associated with diagnosing and treating bladder and bowel control symptoms and related pelvic floor disorders continue to receive increasing attention globally by healthcare providers. In October 2008, the 38th Annual Meeting of the...
 Problems associated with diagnosing and treating bladder and bowel control symptoms and related pelvic floor disorders continue to receive increasing attention globally by healthcare providers. In October 2008, the 38th Annual Meeting of the...
 Problems associated with...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

Empirical Studies
12/01/2008
Internal and external urinary catheters are used to manage urinary incontinence and incomplete bladder emptying. Bladder dysfunction cause determines whether short- or long-term catheter use is required which, in turn, determines whether an...
Internal and external urinary catheters are used to manage urinary incontinence and incomplete bladder emptying. Bladder dysfunction cause determines whether short- or long-term catheter use is required which, in turn, determines whether an...
Internal and external urinary...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
12/01/2008
Wound closure using topical negative pressure (TNP) has been reported to be effective, but equipment costs can be prohibitive in resource-challenged countries. Because nonhealing wounds are exceedingly common in developing countries such as...
Wound closure using topical negative pressure (TNP) has been reported to be effective, but equipment costs can be prohibitive in resource-challenged countries. Because nonhealing wounds are exceedingly common in developing countries such as...
Wound closure using topical...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
12/01/2008
The information in this article was presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Burn, Nagoya, Japan, June 7–8, 2008. Alcaligenes xylosoxidans, a nonfermentative, Gram-negative rod often found in aqueous environments, has been...
The information in this article was presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Burn, Nagoya, Japan, June 7–8, 2008. Alcaligenes xylosoxidans, a nonfermentative, Gram-negative rod often found in aqueous environments, has been...
The information in this article...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Infographic
12/01/2008
New conformable wound dressing now available    The Advanced Wound Management division of Smith & Nephew (London) will launch new ACTICOAT™ Flex to expand the ACTICOAT™ family. The dressing was designed to support physicians dealing with...
New conformable wound dressing now available    The Advanced Wound Management division of Smith & Nephew (London) will launch new ACTICOAT™ Flex to expand the ACTICOAT™ family. The dressing was designed to support physicians dealing with...
New conformable wound dressing...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Executive Spotlight
12/01/2008
   Celleration, Inc., a Minneapolis-based medical device company,is expanding its patented MIST Therapy® System, an advanced wound care modality, to acute and home health care settings. The company’s primary commercialization focus for its...
   Celleration, Inc., a Minneapolis-based medical device company,is expanding its patented MIST Therapy® System, an advanced wound care modality, to acute and home health care settings. The company’s primary commercialization focus for its...
   Celleration, Inc., a...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention
Guest Editorial
12/01/2008
  Every December, Ostomy Wound Management provides a venue for proliferating information about a common yet, incredibly still, stigmatized condition: incontinence. Practitioners assert that although patients are embarrassed and inconvenienced...
  Every December, Ostomy Wound Management provides a venue for proliferating information about a common yet, incredibly still, stigmatized condition: incontinence. Practitioners assert that although patients are embarrassed and inconvenienced...
  Every December, Ostomy Wound...
12/01/2008
Wound Management & Prevention

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