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.
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.
Value-based purchasing is a recent initiative by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to incentivize value over volume in health care purchasing.
The objective of this study was to determine the ability of two NPWT systems—System A (Invia Liberty; Medela AG) and System B (RENASYS TOUCH; Smith+Nephew)—to deliver a set level of negative pressure when the device was positioned at different heights in relation to the wound bed and during a simulated fluid bolus. This supplement was not subject to the Wounds peer-review process.
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The Urostomy webinar is scheduled to start on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 1:00-2:00PM ET (5:00PM UTC)
Objectives:
Describe the 5 characteristics of convexity
Discuss 2 main considerations for the use of appropriate tension location in convex wafer selection
Demonstrate the...
The Urostomy webinar is scheduled to start on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 10:00-11:00AM ET (2:00 UTC).
Program Summary:
With this presentation learn about basic care for urostomates and learn about the most common complications.
Learning Objectives:
Anatomy and Indications
The Imp...