Moist Wound Healing

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC The big debate continues in regards to using wet-to-dry dressings. One thing that is for certain though is that this type of dressing is frown...

By: Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON, FACCWS Being a wound care professional is often a lot like being a detective. You have to decide what caused the wound, what is contributing to its not healin...

Wound bed preparation is vital to treating biofilm. Resistant to antibiotic treatment, biofilm not only stalls the healing process of chronic wounds but also puts patients at greater risk for amputati...

By Bruce E. Ruben MD In the beginning, long before Johnson met Johnson and Band-Aids were invented, primitive men and women suffered minor cuts and abrasions and probably left them uncovered to hea...

Effective wound management often requires attending to multiple aspects of the wound itself, including properly preparing the wound bed and managing moisture and exudate, among other facets of wound c...

Holly M. Hovan MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP Payne and Martin brought skin tears to the attention of wound and skin specialists and to the wound care community when they reported an incidence rate ...

By the WoundSource Editors The concept of wound bed preparation has been utilized and accepted for over two decades. Wound bed preparation techniques can only be accurately employed after a thoroug...

By Keval Parikh and James McGuire DPM, PT, CPed, FAPWHc There are many different kinds of >wound dressings available. Choosing one to use depends on the unique characteristics of the wound. Accordi...