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Infected Wounds

Perils and Pitfalls of Wound Care – Avoiding a Pain and Suffering Allegation: Peas and Carrots?

July 30, 2019
Heidi Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON "Me and Jenny goes together like peas and carrots." – Forrest Gump Just like Forrest's peas and carrots, a pressure ulcer lawsuit and a pain and suffering al...

Preventing Moisture-Associated Skin Damage

May 31, 2021
The outer layer of the skin, the epidermis, is the body's physical barrier to the environment. This barrier is compromised when moisture or trauma damages the epidermis. Frequently, moisture or adhesi...

Preventing Surgical Site Infections

September 27, 2019
By the WoundSource Editors The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) define a surgical site infection (SSI) as "an infection that occurs after surgery in the part of the body where the s...

Prevention of Surgical Site Infections

March 1, 2017
By Samantha Kuplicki MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN Identifying the presence of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) is an important, basic skill for the wound specialist, and even more essent...

Pseudomonas Wound Infection: What Is It and What Are the Signs?

April 21, 2023
Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON-AP, FACCWS Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is a common gram-negative aerobic bacilli bacterial infection in chronic wounds. PA is often present in soil, water, humans,...

Pure Hypochlorous Acid: A Primer on pH and Wound Solutions

November 5, 2020
By Luis Fernandez, M.D., KHS, KCOEG, FACS, FASAS, FCCP, FCCM, FICS Complex wounds have plagued humankind for thousands of years, and the search for methods to combat infectious agents has been met ...

Responding to an Online Medical Practice Review: A Case Review

September 23, 2015
By Robert Striks, Special Writer, Encompass HealthCare & Wound Medicine I know, I know. You can get more bees with honey than vinegar. If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it. If you ...

Selecting a Dressing for Hospital-Acquired Wound Infections

June 2, 2025
What factors should be considered when selected a dressing for a wound with a hospital-acquired infection? Discover the biggest challenges and keys to optimal dressing selection in this video intervie...
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