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Creating an Ideal Microenvironment for Wound Cleansing

[Sponsored by Angelini Pharma, Inc.]

With so much focus on dressing choices, it’s easy to forget the importance of wound cleansing. Wound cleansing can help achieve the goals of wound bed preparation by removing microorganisms, biological and environmental debris to create an environment beneficial to healing as well as facilitating wound assessment by allowing clear visualization of the wound.

Preventing Infections in Patients with Wounds eBook

[Sponsored by Angelini Pharma, Inc.]

Proper wound care is essential to preventing infections for patients in all practice settings, and healthcare providers should stay informed about the most current and effective treatments out there.

Recognizing factors that increase patients’ susceptibility to infection allows providers to identify risks and take measures to prevent infection from occurring or worsening.

eBook: Treatment of Hard-to-Heal Wounds with Collagen-Based Dressings

[Sponsored by Angelini Pharma, Inc.]

Receive a free BioPad Sample and a free eBook with more details.

BioPad Wound Dressing with Collagen: BioPad, is a 100% equine Type-1 collagen primary wound dressing used to treat hard to heal wounds.

The BioPad collagen dressing has the highest collagen content on the market up to 5 times the amount of collagen. 

BioPad™ is the perfect dressing for wounds.

eBook: Caring for Wounds eBook Series: Pressure Injuries

[Sponsored by Angelini Pharma, Inc.]

Learn how your healthcare team can provide better patient care.

Patient care teams rely on the wound care nurse alone to implement a pressure ulcer prevention program; however, a successful program requires involvement from the entire care team and is a 24/7 endeavor.

eBook: Skin Damage Associated with Moisture and Pressure

[Sponsored by Convatec]

Tips on how to differentiate and goals for protection and management.

* Identify how wounds are classified according to wound depth and etiology.
* Describe the etiology of a pressure injury (PI) and incontinence-associated skin damage (IAD).
* Discuss evidence-based protocols of care of prevention and management if IAD and PIs.
* Describe the NPUAP-EPUAP Pressure Injury Classification System.
* Identify appropriate products that can be used for preventioin and treatment of IAD and PIs.

eBook: Needlestick Risks: Defense and Rescue Strategies for Nurses

[This e-book has been developed through an educational grant from CM&F Group]

Learn more about: 
A Continuing Risk for Healthcare Workers, Sharps Injuries: Facts and Figures, Proactive Steps for Yourself and Your Colleagues, A Preventable Injury, A Downloadable Workbook from the CDC, The Case for Coverage, If You are Exposed.

Needlesticks and other sharps-related exposures to bloodborne pathogens (including HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus) continue to pose a significant occupational risk for healthcare workers

 

Safe Biopsies eBook: Protect yourself and your patients.

[This e-book is brought to you by BiopSafe]

Safe biopsy handling
One of the most common problems in connection with biopsy handling is the risk of being exposed to formalin either through touch or inhalation. A risk that doctors, veterinarians, laboratory technicians and nurses are exposed to every day.

With BiopSafe the problem is finally solved.

receive a free BiopSafe Sample and a free eBook PDF with more information and details.

 
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Peptide nanofibers keep infections at bay

Wound Care Advisor

Researchers have developed a new infection-blocking material made of peptide-containing nanofibers that works against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and could one day be incorporated into wound dressings (ACS Infect. Dis. 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acsinfec​dis.6b00173).

The approach targets bacterial quorum sensing—a mode of chemical communication used by bacteria to detect other bacteria. When they sense that enough of their kind are present, they can mount an infectious attack.

Read more at Chemical and Engineering News

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Skin substitutes: Understanding product differences

Wound Care Advisor

Skin substitutes (also called tissuebased products and dermal replacements) are a boon to chronic wound management when traditional therapies have failed. When selecting skin substitutes for their formularies, wound care professionals have many product options—and many decisions to make.

Repair of skin defects has been a pressing concern for centuries. As early as the 15th century BC, Egyptian physicians chronicled procedures and herbal treatments to heal wounds, including xenografts (skin from another species). The practice of applying allografts (human cadaver skin) to wounds was first documented in 1503. In 1871, autologous skin grafting (skin harvested from the the person with the wound) was tried. Next came epithelial- cell seeding, which involves scraping off the superficial epithelium of healthy skin and transplanting the cells onto the wound. (more…)

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Infographic: An Average Day in the Life of Nursing

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Opioid Addiction by the Numbers

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Quizzes

Quizzes
– Wound Infections
– Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
– Assess Diabetic Foot
– Ram’s Horn

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How to apply silver nitrate

Wound Care Advisor

Topical application of silver nitrate is often used in wound care to help remove and debride hypergranulation tissue or calloused rolled edges in wounds or ulcerations. It’s also an effective agent to cauterize bleeding in wounds. Silver nitrate is a highly caustic material, so it must be used with caution to prevent damage to healthy tissues. (more…)

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Buzz Report: Latest trends, part 2

Wound Care Advisor

Keeping clinicians up-to-date on clinical knowledge is one of the main goals of the Wild on Wounds (WOW) conference held each September in Las Vegas. Every year, I present the opening session, called “The Buzz Report,” which focuses on the latest-breaking wound care news—what’s new, what’s now, and what’s coming up. I discuss new products, practice guidelines, resources, and tools from the last 12 months in skin, wound, and ostomy management.

In the January issue, I discussed some of the updates from my 2015 Buzz Report. Now I’d like to share a few more, along with some of my favorite resources. (more…)

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Buzz Report: Latest trends, Part 1

Wound Care Advisor

We all lead busy lives, with demanding work schedules and home responsibilities that can thwart our best intentions. Although we know it’s our responsibility to stay abreast of changes in our field, we may feel overwhelmed when we try to make that happen.

Keeping clinicians up-to-date on clinical knowledge is one of the main goals of the Wild On Wounds (WOW) conference, held each September in Las Vegas. Each year, I present the opening session of this conference, called “The Buzz Report,” which focuses on the latest-breaking wound care news—what’s new, what’s now, what’s coming up. I discuss innovative new products, practice guidelines, resources, and tools from the last 12 months in skin, wound, and ostomy management. This article highlights the hottest topics from my 2015 Buzz Report. (more…)

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Clinician Resources: Ulcer Prevention, CAUTI, Negative Bacteria

Wound Care Advisor

Start the New Year off right by checking out these resources.

Pressure ulcer prevention education

Access the following education resources from Wounds International:

The webinar “Real-world solutions for pressure ulcer prevention: Optimising the role of support surfaces” includes:

• an overview of the issue of pressure ulcers

• what to consider when choosing a support surface

• how to operationalize support surfaces in the clinical setting. (more…)

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Cutaneous candidiasis

Wound Care Advisor

By Nancy Morgan, RN, BSN, MBA, WOC, WCC, DWC, OMS

Each issue, Apple Bites brings you a tool you can apply in your daily practice. Here’s an overview of cutaneous candi­diasis.

Cutaneous candidiasis is an infection of the skin caused by the yeast Candida albicans or other Candida species. Here’s a snapshot of this condition. (more…)

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Seeing healthcare from a new perspective

Wound Care Advisor

By: Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, CWCMS, DWC, OMS

As healthcare clinicians, our world is full of tasks to be completed. Some are new, but many are tasks we repeat every day and thus have become routine—things we could almost do in our sleep.

But what’s routine for us may not be routine for our patients. For some patients, these routine tasks of ours may be their first encounter with a healthcare situation. (more…)

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Product Dossier

Wound Care Advisor

biopad-box high res imageAngelini Pharma Inc.

BIOPAD: 100% equine Type-1 collagen primary wound dressing

EXSEPT PLUS: electrolytically-produced Sodium Hypochlorite wound cleanser

SILVERSTREAM: Ionic Silver wound cleanser with menthol

ANIOSGEL 85 NPC: HYDROALCOHOLIC ANTISEPTIC GEL for skin and hands BLEACH WIPES 1: 10/1:50 : ready-to-use bleach wipes for surfaces disinfection

Angelini Pharma Inc. has one of the highest quality and most comprehensive product ranges in the chronic wound, infection control and dialysis healthcare market. Our mission is to meet our customers’ day-to-day needs with effective, reliable and high-quality products that are widely available and accessible. This goal is expressed through a clear vision: to be the physician’s first choice of product for their patients’ needs and well being. As a result of our specialists’ expertise and intensive applied research activities, efficient and closely coordinated manufacturing and distribution chain and marketing experience, Angelini Pharma Inc. has achieved excellence in our core business areas including wound care.

For more information, visit Angelini-US.com for more information.

 

hytape-picHy-Tape International

Hy-Tape International produces waterproof, zinc oxide-based adhesive tape. Patches and strips. Hy-Tape delivers its unique qualities and benefits in both critical care and everyday situations, when it counts most.

For more information, call 1.800.248.0101 or visit http://hytape.com.

 

AmerX-bothAmerx Health Care, Inc.

Amerx Health Care is proud to introduce Helix3 Bioactive Collagen Matrix (CM) and Particle (CP) dressings containing 100% Type 1 native bovine collagen for effective wound management in all wound phases.

The Amerx product line also includes top rated AmeriGel Hydrogel Wound Dressing with Oakin® for sustained moist healing of dry wounds.

For more information, visit www.amerxHC.com or call 800-448-9599.

 

CP logoColoplast

Coloplast develops products and services that make life easier for people with very personal and private medical conditions. Our business includes ostomy care, urology, continence care, and wound & skin care.

For more information, visit www.coloplast.us or call 800-788-0293

 

GlideUltra_72pxDM Systems Inc.

Combining unmatched clinical evidence with the comfort, convenience and variety that today’s healthcare marketplace demands, Heelift offloading boots prevent and treat heel pressure ulcers like no other. Joining the Heelift lineup this year is the new Heelift Glide Ultra and Heelift AFO Ultra, which have a new Ultra-Grip inner lining that provides our most comfortable boot ever while maintaining clinical superiority. Clinician Validated – Cost Performer.

Visit our Resource Center at http://www.heelift.com/heeliftresources.html for videos, sample protocols, clinical articles and more showing how Heelift Boots can lower your prevalence.

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Helping patients overcome ostomy challenges

Wound Care Advisor

By Beth Hoffmire Heideman, MSN, RN

No one wants an ostomy, but sometimes it’s required to save a patient’s life. As ostomy specialists, our role is to assess and intervene for patients with a stoma or an ostomy to enhance their quality of life. We play an active role in helping patients perform self-care for their ostomy and adjust to it psychologically, starting even before surgery. (more…)

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