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Demystifying Collagen Dressings: A Closer Look into A WoundCon Spring Session

February 24, 2023
Catherine T. Milne, MSN, APRN, CWOCN-AP, will present “Dressed for Success: Cases in Collagen” at WoundCon Spring on Friday, March 10, 2023. WoundSource had the chance to speak with her to learn more ...

Distributor Update: Medicare Change Regarding Surgical Dressings Containing Honey

March 20, 2015
By Colton Mason Medicare has recently made a significant change to several wound care dressings with honey-based components. The Medicare contractor (PDAC) which assigns reimbursement codes to woun...

Do You Know The Basics of Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis Treatment and Prevention?

June 10, 2022
Diaper rash, more officially known as incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD), affects hospitalized and incontinent patients of all ages. In my years as a WOC Nurse in a pediatric hospital, IAD has b...

Dressing Change Tips Every Clinician Should Know to Help Prevent MARSI

July 21, 2017
By Margaret Heale RN, MSc, CWOCN Wounds are dressed every day, and much goes into the choices that are made to properly apply wound dressings. The condition of the periwound skin should be a major ...

Dressing Changes: Challenges and Scenarios in Visiting Nurse Home Care

February 22, 2018
By Margaret Heale RN, MSc, CWOCN I watched a short PowerPoint DVD on the "bag technique" as part of our regular in-servicing the other day. The presentation started with the most important way to p...

Electrical Stimulation Therapy and Wound Healing

October 3, 2013
By Aletha Tippett MD In 1771, Luigi Galvani discovered that the muscles of a frog leg contracted when touched by a spark. This spawned the beginning of our understanding of the relationship between...

Factors in Selecting the Right Wound Dressing For Your Patient

February 26, 2014
By Lydia A Meyers RN, MSN, CWCN What is a wound care patient? A wound care patient is a person with an open area that is not healing. I hear wound care patients referred to as: the pressure ulce...

Factors in Wound Cleansing That May Impair Healing

June 25, 2015
By Aletha Tippett MD Wound cleansing is an interesting dilemma. What? How can that be a dilemma? Everyone knows that you cleanse a wound before dressing it. This is what has been taught for years...
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