Skin Conditions/Skin Care

Absorbent briefs: Briefs used to absorb urine and stool and to help prevent moisture-associated skin damage in patients with incontinence issues. Briefs with high breathability and wicking help to mai...

Join Dr. Caroline Fife at WoundCon Fall 2021 for her talk on the angisome concept and how it applies to pressure injury development....

By Diana L. Gallagher MS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN In order to teach patients, it is important to have some basic knowledge about ostomies. Sadly, as I shared last month, the majority of nursing students le...

By Aletha Tippett MD What is Bag Balm® and why is it the subject of a wound care blog? Bag Balm is over 100 years old, invented in 1899 to treat chapped and irritated cows' udders and teats. Of cou...

Urinary incontinence is a relatively common condition marked by loss of control of the bladder. In severe cases, it can have a detrimental impact on the quality of life of patients with this condition...

By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, CWOCN-AP When marking a patient for a stoma, it is important to consider the practice based on evidence acquired by the wound, ostomy and continence (WOC) nurse during tra...

By Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWS Part 2 in a series on skin failure For Part 1, Click Here In March of 1989 the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) convened...

By Martin D. Vera, LVN, CWS On our last encounter we discussed wound bed preparation and the TIME framework. What I wish to accomplish with this post is to make it easier to understand the skin, th...

By Bruce E. Ruben MD Part 2 in a series on infection management For Part 1, click here Our skin is our largest organ and performs a myriad of functions, including pain sensation, pressure sensi...

By the WoundSource Editors The periwound is as important as the wound. As clinicians, we should carefully assess the wound bed, but we need to remember also to assess the periwound and surrounding ...