Infection Management

By Glenda Motta RN, MPH The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that nearly one in five Medicare patients discharged from a hospital—approximately 2.6 million seniors—is readmitte...

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 ...

After an injury or surgery, the body responds by forming scar tissue. Scar formation is a normal part of the wound healing process, but not all scars are the same. Some scars form in only the superfic...

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...

Silver has become one of the most commonly used alternatives to topical antibiotics in recent years because of the growing concern over antibiotic resistance. Silver offers a multifaceted antimicrobia...

by Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON, FACCWS "When I grow up, I want to be a wound care specialist." That's not something you hear kids going around saying. Sure, kids want to be doctors or nurses....

By Aletha Tippett MD Oh, what a shock to see a study published on atorvastatin treatment in the adult patients at risk of diabetic foot infection in a recent issue of Wounds.1 The conclusion of thi...

By Samantha Kuplicki MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN Great news! Data suggest that surgical site infection (SSI) incidence could be halved with implementation of evidence-based interventio...