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Opinion: Financial Stewardship in Hospitals and Wound Clinics

February 6, 2020
By Lydia Corum RN MSN CWCN The times are changing in the world of wound care. There used to be a time when there were no problems with reimbursements, as long as the doctor wrote the order. Today, ...

Osteomyelitis: What is it and How is it Treated?

March 21, 2014
By Bruce E. Ruben MD Osteomyelitis is an infection and inflammation of the bone or bone marrow caused by bacteria or other germs. Osteomyelitis is most often caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus, ...

Pearls and Pitfalls From: Wound Culturing 101

July 20, 2023
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...

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...

Pressure Injury Risk Assessments: The Importance of Standardization

September 13, 2019
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...

Preventing Cross-Infection in Post-Surgical Wound Care

December 6, 2018
by Hy-Tape International Infections are common and serious complications associated with post-surgical wounds. In wounds resulting from clean surgery, 8% become infected among the general populatio...

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...

Product Technology Overview: RTD® Wound Dressing

August 18, 2014
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+...
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