By the WoundSource Editors
Wound bed preparation is a well-established concept, and the TIME framework is the standard tool used to assist clinicians with the management of patients’ wounds through...
by the WoundSource Editors
Wound infection is a complex process that can be affected by a variety of factors, some of which inhibit the ability to heal. The first stage of healing, the inflammatory...
By Dr. Mark Hinkes, DPM
Unequal limb length (ULL) is a clinical problem that is more common than most clinicians realize and is one for which most patients are rarely evaluated. Common problems ass...
By Janis E. Harrison, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CFCN
Monday came with expectations of fixing the problem. It wasn't to be. Daryl was weak and hated the NG tube in his nose and throat. I arrived early at his ...
On September 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory regarding the pathogen Vibrio vulnificus. V. vulnificus is a rare but aggressive species of Vibrio bacteri...
Picture this: you've been seeing a patient in your wound center for the last several months to treat a slowly healing post-operative abdominal wound. The wound has been gradually responding to an asso...
By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC
As a traveling wound care educator for physicians, I am observing many changes within the state survey process for long-term care. Wound care ...
By Aletha Tippett MD
Welcome, Colton Mason, to the WoundSource blog forum. I enjoyed your opening blog on cost versus price and love your Healthcare Caffeine image. You are so correct, looking at o...
By Michel H.E. Hermans, MD
Recently I paid a visit to one of the better known wound care centers in the North East. As I expected, treatment of the common lesions seen in this center, such as venou...
By Aletha Tippett MD
In a previous blog I told about the heartbreak of limb salvage when one of your patients was swooped out of your care and had an amputation. The patient I mentioned did have an...
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