Infection Management

In “Wound Culturing 101 – How to Correctly Obtain a Wound Culture” at WoundCon Summer, Susie Seaman, NP, MSN, CWCN, CWS, and Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS led the audience through a review of pearls and pit...

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...

By the WoundSource Editors The prevalence of pressure injuries among certain high-risk patient populations has made pressure injury risk assessment a standard of care. When utilized on a regular ba...

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...

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...

By Sejal Bhojani and James McGuire DPM, PT, CPed, FAPWHc RTD® (Retro-Tech Dressing) is a foam wound dressing that has been designed to promote healing in chronic wounds by utilizing silver ion (Ag+...

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,...

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 ...

In this interview, learn why early detection is key in treating wound infections and getting wounds back on the path to healing....