|
|
| |
|
|
|
To ensure delivery
of The Wound Care Insider to your inbox,
please add, [email protected]
to your address book
|
|
| July
23, 2009 |
|
Dear Colleague,
 Stay
on the cutting edge of new product and industry news, prevention
and treatment strategies, and regulation updates to help you
meet your wound care challenges with The Wound
Care Insider. You're receiving this
issue of The Wound Care Insider because you've subscribed
to Advances in Skin & Wound Care's eNews, because
you're a member of the American Professional Wound Care Association
or the National Alliance of Wound Care, or because you've
indicated in your NursingCenter.com registration profile that
you're a wound care specialist.
Like to receive
the print version of Advances in Skin
& Wound Care? Go here to learn more about subscribing to the journal.
|
 |
|
ISSUE
HIGHLIGHTS
Algorithm
May Help Reduce Pressure Ulcer Prevalence
Results of a retrospective analysis found that a protocol
of care using a standardized algorithm with advanced
products reduced the prevalence of pressure ulcers by
90%. More
Hand Washing with
4% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Antiseptic Kills Flu Viruses
According to an independent time-kill study, hand washing
with a 4% chlorhexidine gluconate antiseptic product
is among the effective ways to stop the spread of the
H1N1 flu virus. More
Healthpoint Study
Investigates Venous Leg Ulcer Treatment
Healthpoint recently enrolled the first of a planned
235 subjects into a Phase II dose-response study investigating
an experimental, cell-based wound therapy—HP802-247—intended for the treatment of venous leg ulcers.
More
BIOGUARD Barrier
Dressings Now Available
Derma Sciences, Inc, has begun shipping its BIOGUARD
Barrier Dressings to customers. More
Hill-Rom Sells
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Intellectual Property
Hill-Rom has sold its patents and intellectual property
relating to negative pressure wound therapy to Kinetic
Concepts, Inc. 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.
CMET Announces Certification Exam Dates
The Council for Medical Education and Testing (CMET) reminds physicians of upcoming dates for the Physician-Specific Wound Care Certification Exam, credentialing all prescribing physicians (MD, DO, and DPM). For additional information on the exam, visit http://www.CouncilMET.org.
Canadian Association
of Wound Care Names New CEO
Dr Karen Philp has been appointed as Chief Executive
Officer of the Canadian Association of Wound Care. More
|
|
|
|
|
FROM THE PAGES OF ADVANCES IN SKIN & WOUND CARE
Earn CME/CE credit by reading
the peer-reviewed, continuing education article in the July
2009 issue of Advances in Skin & Wound Care and
taking the test.
- Prevention and Management
of Skin Tears
Kim LeBlanc, BScN, RN, ET, MN, and Sharon Baranoski, MSN,
RN, CWOCN, APN, DAPWCA, FAAN
BONUS
CONTENT
Be sure to take advantage of this bonus article from one of
our sister journals, Nursing Management, 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 August 2009
issue:
- Wound pain
- Telemedicine
- Basal cell carcinoma
|
| LEARNING
CENTER
Nursing
Liability Center Special Report
Sponsored by Nurses Services Organization
How Proper Documentation
May Reduce Your Lawsuit Risk
Good documentation can help you defend yourself in a malpractice
lawsuit, and it can also keep you out of court in the first
place. You have to make sure it's complete, correct, and timely.
If it's not, it could be used against you in a lawsuit.
Download
the Special Report Now.
|
|
|
|
|
| CALL FOR PAPERS |
 |
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.
|
|
|
Email
The Wound
Care Insider
to your colleagues and invite them to join now. They, too, will receive great content
as well as free articles and discount offers available only
to subscribers.
Want to make sure that you keep
receiving The
Wound Care Insider? Be sure to add [email protected]
to your address book!
NursingCenter respects your privacy
and will not share your information with other companies or
organizations without your permission. View our Privacy Policy.
If you do not wish to receive The
Wound Care Insider,
click on the unsubscribe link above.
Forgotten your username or password?
Please contact Customer Service at [email protected].
|
|
|