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Moist Wound Healing

Alternatives to Wet-to-Dry Wound Care Dressings

February 17, 2016
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...

Are You a Wound Care Detective?

January 7, 2021
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...

Biofilm Management and Wound Bed Preparation

June 30, 2022
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...

Clearing The Air About Moist Vs. Dry Wound Healing

October 8, 2014
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...

Debridement: Why Is It So Important?

April 30, 2022
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...

Empowering and Engaging Nurses Through a Nurse-Driven Skin Tear Protocol

January 17, 2019
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 ...

Identifying Wound Healing Barriers by Utilizing TIME

June 25, 2019
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...

Overview: Petrolatum Impregnated Gauze Wound Dressings

November 20, 2014
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...
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