Chronic Wound Care: What Does Your Patient Need?
October 31, 2021
When working with a person who has been living with a chronic wound, it can be frustrating to try to figure out why the wound isn’t closing as the wound healing model would predict. Not all patients f...
Chronic Wounds and Biofilm
August 31, 2022
Wound healing is a complicated process that restores the skin's barrier function to prevent further damage or infection. The healing process normally progresses through 4 phases: hemostasis, inflammat...
Hard-to-Heal Wounds: Steps for Interventions
December 31, 2020
Delayed wound healing occurs in various wound types and in patients with significant comorbidities. Hard-to-heal wounds have proven to be a challenging and worldwide crisis resulting in high financial...
How to Implement Diabetic Foot Ulcer Prevention
May 20, 2022
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are open sores or wounds caused by a combination of factors that include neuropathy (lack of sensation), poor circulation, foot deformities, friction or pressure, trauma, a...
Important Terms to Know: CTP Reimbursement
November 30, 2023
Cellular and/or tissue-based products: Engineered wound dressing products created to promote biological repair or regeneration of wound tissue by providing signaling, structural, or cellular elements ...
Involving Patients in Care: Debridement Considerations
April 30, 2022
Patient-centered care is a philosophy that stresses communication, collaboration, and health promotion while also respecting patients' expectations, autonomy, and values. It is at the heart of global ...
Managing Patient Populations and Health Equity
March 31, 2022
Complex wounds require increased attention, time, and resources to treat. Certain populations, including pediatric patients, immunocompromised patients, and older adults, are at higher risk of develop...
Non-Cytotoxic Wound Cleansers: What Should I Use?
June 10, 2022
The process of wound healing ideally progresses from inflammation to epithelialization and, finally, remodeling. If at any point bacterial (or fungal) colonization becomes prominent, the process of wo...
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