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Wound Infection

Important Terms to Know: Biofilm and Infection

December 19, 2024
Learn terms related to biofilm and infection to help guide your learning.

Managing Wound Infection with Debridement

December 31, 2020
Wound debridement is a critical strategy in treating hard-to-heal wounds. It is a process that expedites healing by removing necrotic tissue, non-viable tissue, and foreign material. It can also be us...

Managing Wound Infection: Opportunities in Antimicrobial Stewardship

January 1, 2020
By the WoundSource Editors All wounds are complex non-sterile environments, often requiring a succession of intersecting phases of wound healing to repair completely. When epithelial tissue is comp...

MRSA: The Basics

September 29, 2023
Staphylococcus aureus, or "staph" bacteria normally reside on the skin and nose and is usually harmless. Most individuals do not manifest any symptoms of illness; however due to its prevalence, this p...

Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Wound Management: State of the Science

February 27, 2018
by the WoundSource Editors Among the greatest triumphs of modern medicine were the identification and naming of the Penicillium mold by Alexander Fleming in 1928, and its ability to inhibit bacteri...

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...

Preventing Moisture-Associated Skin Damage

May 31, 2021
The outer layer of the skin, the epidermis, is the body's physical barrier to the environment. This barrier is compromised when moisture or trauma damages the epidermis. Frequently, moisture or adhesi...

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...
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