Chronic wounds increase home care costs, stressing an already overburdened system. To improve costs and wound outcomes of home care in Nova Scotia, dedicated home care professionals collaborated with the Nova Scotia Department of Health Clinical Issues Committee in a four-phase endeavor. In Phase I, a descriptive, retrospective chart review (1995-1999) was conducted using an Outcomes Management...

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This curriculum presents a framework and key content on skin interity wound care thay is recommended for inclusion in student nurse curricula (general education). With this curriculum, EWMA aims to provide starting point increased standardised education care. EQF level 4 was published as supplement the Journal of Wound Management December 2021.

Health care professionals responsible for patients with complex wounds need a particular level of expertise and education to ensure optimum wound care. However, uniform education for those working as wound care nurses is lacking. We aimed to reach consensus among experts from six European countries as to the competencies for specialised wound care nurses that meet international professional exp...

Buruli ulcer (BU) is a disease affecting the skin, subcutaneous fat, and bone tissues. Wound care is important in the prevention of disabilities. Awareness of current wound care practices in BU-endemic regions is necessary for future wound care interventions. Thirty-one health care workers in Ghana and Benin were interviewed with a semi-structured interview, complemented by structural observati...

Currently, there is no convenient and safe experimental method in the literature to evaluate skin protectant formulations for barrier properties. A novel and simple experimental method, based on paper chromatography, was developed to screen a broad spectrum of skin protectants available for moisture penetration. The method involves the use of paper chromatography for determining the Moisture Pe...

Reptiles are often presented to wildlife carers with various types and grades of wounds. Reptile wound healing rates are comparatively slower when compared to healing rates in mammals and birds. With appropriate wound management we hope to significantly reduce wound healing rates. How we manage a reptile‟s wounds will impact on the healing rate and thus influence the reptile‟s required time in ...

The relationship between wound, host and bacteria is continuously changing as a result of local, environmental and systemic factors (Templeton, 2014). One of these factors may be the use of antibiotics. However, due to the emergence of many resistant bacteria, the routine use of topical and oral antibiotics is not justified for colonised or infected wounds and should only be considered for woun...

OBJECTIVE This article reviews the current recommendations for the classification and treatment of chronic wounds. With a rational approach and a thorough understanding of available treatment options, plastic surgeons can provide better-quality and more cost-effective wound care. METHODS The authors reviewed the literature on the history of wound care and on recent advancements in wound care ...