The WoundSource White Paper Center was created to further our mission of improving the quality and accessibility of wound care education. Find relevant white papers about the latest research, product technologies and treatment approaches from leading organizations and industry thought-leaders.
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Sponsored by EssityChronic vein disease, chronic venous insufficiency, venous leg ulcers (VLUs), and edema are common conditions with potentially serious sequelae.
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Scars are the visible remnants of physical trauma, injury, burns, or surgery. They form during the last phase of wound healing and can range from subtle to hypertrophied or keloid.
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As a planned injury occurring in a controlled and sterile environment, a surgical wound often occurs under ideal conditions.
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Sponsored by AMERX Health Care Corp.Chronic venous insufficiency is a common condition that causes lower leg edema, which can dramatically reduce mobility and increase discomfort, swelling, and pain.
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Sponsored by Swift MedicalWound care management is a complex and difficult enterprise. One key reason is that wound care lacks clear ownership and a consequence is the information needed to manage it is not available to provide a single source of truth.
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In skilled nursing facilities, the top targets for litigation are pressure ulcers, malnutrition, and dehydration. Up to 20% of all U.S.
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Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are multifactorial in origin and challenging to manage. Thorough assessment of a patient with a DFU is essential to developing a comprehensive plan of care.
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Complex wounds place a heavy burden on the health care system, in terms of both financial cost and patients’ quality of life.
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Wound bed preparation is essential to patient-centered wound care. Early, appropriate, and aggressive interventions, including the TIME model of wound bed preparation, help facilitate the wound healing trajectory and avoid wound chronicity.
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The 2019 WoundSource Wound Care Conference Guide is a comprehensive planning tool that includes conferences, meetings and events with a focus on wound medicine and related specialty fields.
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The differential diagnosis of lymphedema includes both primary and secondary lymphedema, as well as lipedema.
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Identifying wound tissue types is imperative for effective care of patients with chronic wounds. As wound care professionals know, treatment goals vary by wound tissue type and composition.
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When developing and implementing a wound care plan, health care professionals must look beyond predicted outcomes and the general processes of wound assessment, identification, and classification.
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Understanding the risk factors and causes of skin breakdown in vulnerable patients enables health care professionals to develop individualized wound prevention protocols.
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Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) have a high prevalence and a steep cost, both financially and in terms of patients’ quality of life. Wound care professionals will find this guide a helpful resource on VLUs.
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The 2019 WoundSource Wound Care Conference Guide is a comprehensive planning tool that includes conferences, meetings and events with a focus on wound medicine and related specialty fields.
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The 2019 WoundSource Wound Care Certifications Guide includes information on how to obtain certifications in wound management and related specialties through professional certifying bodies.
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This guide to key organizations, associations and foundations with strong interests in wound care has been created to help health care providers find the resources they need to succeed in the evolving landscape of care.
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Clinicians aim for the perfect healing cascade to wound closure. However, inconsistencies in the wound healing continuum impair healing as a result of significant factors such as biofilm formation and infection.
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Pressure injuries and ulcers take a heavy toll on patients and the health care system. These chronic wounds have a negative impact on patients’ quality of life, and the financial costs to both patients and institutions are high.
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Post-operative failure of the surgical wound to heal is the most common major complication related to surgical wound management.
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Effective wound bed preparation is a cornerstone of modern wound care by helping to promote rapid healing and minimize the risk of complications such as infection.
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When treating a wound, health care professionals have many choices for dressings. Selection of the appropriate dressing for a patient’s wound is not always straightforward.
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Debridement is a valuable tool used in wound care to remove dead, necrotic, or foreign material from a wound and to help transform a chronic wound into an acute wound to expedite healing.
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Chronic wounds become stagnant through the normal phases of wound healing and often enter a vicious cycle including numerous comorbidities, mixed etiologies, and intrinsic and extrinsic factors.
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This useful guide reviews specific evidence-based practices for the use of topical antibiotics and the clinical effectiveness of these agents in the treatment of infected wounds.
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Sponsored by ConvaTecMoisture-associated skin damage (MASD) is a condition of inflammation and erosion of the skin caused by prolonged exposure to various sources of moisture, including urine or stool, perspiration, wound exudate, ostomy effluent, mucus, and saliva.
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A biofilm is an adherent stratum composed of exopolymers and microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, yeasts, algae, microbes, protozoa, and other cellular debris.
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Pressure injuries (ulcers) are a major burden on our patients, families, caregivers, and the health care system.
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Understanding and having quick-access to Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes for the reporting of the supplies, products and equipment used in wound care is an essential aspect of receiving payment for the services performed by
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Wound healing begins with the assessment of the patient and the wound, and proper documentation by the health care provider.
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Glenda J. Motta, RN, BSN, MPH, WOCNWhat's the relationship between coding and reimbursement? How are wound care products, services and technologies assigned codes, such as HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System)? What does this process entail?
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James McGuire, DPM, PT, CPed, FAPWHc; Joshua A. Sebag, BA; Jennifer Skolnik, BSMaking wound treatment choices on the basis of the color or exudate of the wound bed is easy but may not reflect the complexity we see in the multiple presentations encountered in the chronic wound bed.
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Kevin Y. Woo, PhD, RN, FAPWCA and Karen M. Smith, MDPressure ulcers present health care providers with a myriad of factors to consider in the assessment, treatment and dressing selection to attain a path to wound healing.
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Kevin Y. Woo, PhD, RN, FAPWCASkin grafts and flaps are an effective and common surgical procedure used in the treatment of certain wound types, including pressure ulcers.
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Kevin Y. Woo, BSc, MSc, PhD, RN, GNC(C), ACNP, FAPWCAPressure ulcers are a significant problem across the continuum of health care settings.
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Pamela Scarborough, PT, DPT, MS, CDE, CWS, CEEAAWhether you're new to wound care or have practiced in the different team types yourself, this article provides a concise overview of the current functional team models found in today's wound care practices.
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Aletha Tippett; Ronald Sherman; Kevin Y. Woo; Laurie Swezey; Mary Ellen PosthauerPalliative wound care is a relatively new field that focuses on the wound treatment of individuals at the end of life, those with terminal disease or those unable to tolerate standard care.
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Diane L. Krasner; R. Gary Sibbald; Kevin Y. Woo; Linda NortonLike many aspects of wound care, wound device product selection has become an increasingly complex and sophisticated process over the past several decades.
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Diane L. Krasner; R. Gary Sibbald; Kevin Y. WooToday's wound care clinicians are confronted with hundreds of products, scientific rationale for moist interactive wound dressings and an emerging evidence-base for wound dressing product selection.