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Dear Subscriber,
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on the cutting edge of new product and industry news, prevention
and treatment strategies, and regulation updates to help you
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HIGHLIGHTS
KCI
Launches New Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System
KCI has launched ABThera open abdomen negative pressure
therapy system, the latest addition to its negative
pressure technology platform. More
Posey Company Offers
Economic Stimulus Package
The Posey Company, a manufacturer of fall management
products, is offering an economic stimulus package that
includes a free patient fall alarm, with a customer's
commitment of 2 sensor pads per month, per alarm for
2 years. More
ConvaTec Introduces
Campaign for Gel Foam Dressing
ConvaTec has introduced a new campaign and best practice
statement supporting Versiva XC gelling foam dressing.
More
Cardium Therapeutics
Reports on Clinical Study
Cardium Therapeutics provided an update on the completion
of its MATRIX Phase 2b clinical study for nonhealing
diabetic ulcers and announced plans to provide detailed
safety and efficacy data for their Excellarate product
candidate. More
National Alliance
of Wound Care Announces New Pathway to WCC Certification
The National Alliance of Wound Care announces a new
certification option that allows licensed healthcare
clinicians who have a passion for healing wounds, but
do not have two years of wound care experience, to earn
the WCC credential. More
APWCA Offers Wound
Care Review Course
The American Professional Wound Care Association will
offer "The Essentials--A Comprehensive Review Course
on Wound Care Management and Intervention" on September
12-13, 2009, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. http://www.apwca.org/woundCareReview/.
For further information on this course and other APWCA
activities, visit http://www.apwca.org.
NPUAP Schedules
Regional Seminar
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel will offer
a free seminar, "Best Practice for Pressure Ulcer Prevention
& Management: Old Concepts, New Ideas," on September
30, 2009, in Monrovia, California. More
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FROM THE PAGES OF ADVANCES IN SKIN & WOUND CARE
Earn CME/CE credit by reading
the peer-reviewed, continuing education article in the August
2009 issue of Advances in Skin & Wound Care and
taking the test.
- Acute
Wound Pain: Gaining a Better Understanding
Carmen Mabel Arroyo-Novoa, RN, MSN; Milagros I. Figueroa-Ramos,
RN, MSN; Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD, FAAN; Geraldine
Padilla, PhD; Nancy Stotts, RN, EdD, FAAN; and Kathleen
A. Puntillo, RN, DNSc, FAAN
BONUS
CONTENT
Be sure to take advantage of this bonus article from one of
our sister journals, Nursing2009, at Lippincott Williams
& Wilkins. By accessing this content through your eNews
link, you can read the article free of charge.
Coming
in Advances in Skin & Wound Care's September
2009 issue:
- Skin care and pressure ulcers
- Patient hygiene
- Payment strategies
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Advances in Skin & Wound Care
is currently soliciting manuscripts on clinical topics for our
Clinical Management Extra section. We also invite you to tell
us what's on your mind. Send a Letter to the Editor to question,
criticize, or respond to papers we've published in the journal.
And if you have an interesting dermatology dilemma, feel free
to submit those case examples for consideration. For additional
information, see the Author Guidelines on the journal's Web
site, http://www.woundcarejournal.com.
To submit an article to the journal, follow the new online submission
process: http://lwwesubmissions.edmgr.com.
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