The utilization of negative pressure for medicinal purposes dates back to 600 bc. The U.S. military has been engaged in continuous overseas combat operations since 2001. Negative-pressure wound therapy has been in use in the treatment of casualties from these operations since 2004. It represents a new standard of practice in combat wound care; it promotes granulation tissue formation and create...

Wounds represent a growing healthcare problem due to an aging population. Nurses play a key role in wound management and their theoretical understanding of basic wound management may be expected to influence the quality of wound therapy fundamentally. In this study, we evaluated the level of knowledge of wound management in 136 Danish nurses working in 3 different settings: advanced wound care ...

Jacqui Fletcher is Principal Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire, and Tissue Viability Nurse for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust In the UK and Ireland, many patients with wounds are managed without clear treatment goals or obvious pathways of care, since many healthcare providers have not committed to clear protocols that provide wound management guidance. In order to set minimum stand...

North York General Hospital (NYGH), in collaboration with Nursing Practice Solutions, Smith & Nephew and the Central Community Care Access Centre, implemented a program in skin and wound care that has made best-practice, evidenced-based wound care management possible, affordable and sustainable. Focused action using advanced wound care products and proven clinical approaches has dramatically im...

Chronic ulcers are a major problem in health care worldwide [1–5]. Wound care is a much neglected field in Sri Lanka. Care of a wound, and advising and supervising the medical team to carry out the necessary measures in wound care, is a basic duty of a clinician. Wounds are an ideal opportunity to demonstrate the ‘art and science of healing’. Patients with chronic wounds are often shunned by th...

Home health agencies, challenged to demonstrate quality while containing costs, are motivated to find best practices for managing patient and wound care. The effects of different wound therapies on frequency of hospitalization and emergent care, two prominent quality measures, have not been studied. A retrospective study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Stage III and Stage IV pressu...

Diabetic foot ulcers and associated wound care methodologies have been the subject of rigorous research during the last decade. It is important for clinicians to educate themselves on the latest therapies and incorporate them into wound care protocols appropriately. This report reviews innovations in diabetic foot care from a US perspective and provides a guide to the effective use of advanced ...

AIM To incorporate an international and multidisciplinary consensus in the determination of the research and education priorities for wound healing and tissue repair. BACKGROUND A compelling reason for the study is the lack of an agreed list of priorities for wound care research and education. Furthermore, there is a growth in the prevalence of chronic wounds, a growth in wound care products ...