WoundSource Practice Accelerator: Wound Dressings 101

WoundSource Practice Accelerator: Wound Dressings 101

JUNE IS WOUND DRESSINGS 101 MONTH As part of the WoundSource Practice Accelerator series, we are offering you this educational portal into a variety of topics related to the wound care dressing types, and key strategies for selecting appropriate dressings for your patients. Please scroll below to choose your learning experience and please share this page with your social network and colleagues. Expanded awareness leads to better prevention and care. WATCH VIDEO View this month’s educational resources. WEBINAR WHITE PAPER FACT SHEET QUIZ FEATURED ARTICLES ON-DEMAND WEBINAR Dress for Success: Clinical Considerations in Wound Dressing Selection Marta Ostler, PT, CWS, CLT, DAPWCA Choosing a wound dressing can be a difficult task, a task that is often debatable, confusing, and complicated. However, understanding this important step in the wound healing cascade is integral to maintaining and achieving healing outcomes for our patients with chronic and acute wounds. This program will provide the participants with an overview of dressings by category and discuss dressing implementation in varied wound etiologies. Also, it will offer some clinical pearls of wisdom in regard to dressing applications and the decision-making process. WATCH NOW DOWNLOADABLE WHITE PAPER Types of Wound Dressings: Features, Indications and Contraindications When treating a wound, health care professionals have many choices for dressings. Selection of the appropriate dressing for a patient’s wound is not always straightforward. This guide is an overview of currently available wound dressings by category. Each dressing type includes useful and clearly presented information on general features and attributes, indications, and contraindications. DOWNLOAD THE WHITE PAPER A Fact A Day - Wound Dressings 101 Download A Fact A Day – Wound Dressings 101 and share it within your facility. This two-page fact sheet was created to support staff education on wound dressing selection. The print-friendly format is perfect for posting on the bulletin board or distributing to your nursing staff at in-service. DOWNLOAD THE FACT SHEET How Much Do You Know About Advanced Wound Care Dressings? Take our 10-question quiz to find out! TAKE THE QUIZ Terms to Know: Wound Dressings 101 Alginate: Highly absorptive, non-occlusive dressing derived from brown seaweed or kelp. Antimicrobial dressing: Delivers a sustained release of antimicrobial agents to the wound, to eradicate bioburden. Collagen: Derived from bovine, equine, porcine, and/or avian sources. Collagen increases matrix metalloproteinases and organization of newly formed collagen fibers, thus promoting granulation formation. Read the full glossary READ THIS MONTH'S FEATURED ARTICLES Dressing Selection: Which Dressing to Choose? Dressing selections can be overwhelming for clinicians and providers in health care. There are now well over 6,000 wound care products on the market. Ideally, there would be a multifunctional smart... Read More Product Know-How: The Different Types of Wound Care Dressings Do you, as a wound care clinician, know the ingredients of the dressings you are using on your patients? Do you know brand names, or do you know dressing categories? There are over 6,000 dressings, and we as... Read More Patient Assessment and Wound Dressing Considerations As wound care clinicians, we need to take into consideration many different factors in deciding on a treatment plan for our wound patients. Our patients should be evaluated on an individual basis. If we look at our... Read More Case Scenarios: Putting Your Dressing Knowledge Into Practice Selecting advanced wound care dressings is most effective when looking at the "whole" patient. If you are focusing only on the "hole" in the patient, you may not be enhancing the wound healing process as... Read More JUNE IS WOUND DRESSINGS 101 MONTH

Common Skin Conditions in Wound Care: Identification, Assessment, Etiology and Risk Factors

Understanding the risk factors and causes of skin breakdown in vulnerable patients enables health care professionals to develop individualized wound prevention protocols. When wounds and skin disorders do occur, identification of specific skin conditions aids in care planning and wound management in these patients. This guide discusses wound etiology as it relates to clinical management, the importance and timing of skin care assessments for wound prevention, and risk assessment tools such as th...

Quick Facts - Diabetic Foot Ulcers

A diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is an open sore commonly found on the bottom of the foot in patients with diabetes. This wound is typically caused by a combination of poor vascularity, neuropathy, and repetitive trauma. DFUs are all too frequent complications of diabetes, and they impose a heavy burden on patients and health care systems. The central goals of DFU management are achieving wound healing, addressing risk factors, achieving adequate perfusion, controlling infection and glucose levels...

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