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Dear Subsriber,
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and treatment strategies, and regulation updates to help you
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ISSUE
HIGHLIGHTS
Web
Site Addresses Pain During Wound Dressing Changes
Mölnlycke Health Care has launched a Web-based
Less-Pain Academy designed for healthcare practitioners
who are actively involved in wound dressing changes.
More
KCI Receives FDA
Clearance for Open Abdomen Dressing
The Food and Drug Administration has granted clearance
to KCI, Inc, to market its ABThera Open Abdomen Dressing.
More
ConvaTecLINK Provides
Ostomy Practice Solutions
ConvaTec has unveiled ConvaTecLink, an online resource
dedicated to practice solutions for ostomy healthcare
providers. More
Best in Class
Awards Given to Manufacturers of Wound Care Products
Several companies that manufacture wound care products
were among recipients of the 2009 Best in Class Awards
at the 9th Annual GHX Supply Chain Summit in Nashville,
Tennessee. More
NAWC Announces
Growth, Plans to Expand Educational Offerings, and MedaSTAT
to Sponsor Annual WCC Scholarship
The National Alliance on Wound Care announced that since
receiving the National Commission for Certifying Agencies
national accreditation of the WCC credential last September,
the number of WCCs certified in the United States has
grown to well over 7000. 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.
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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 June
2009 issue of Advances in Skin & Wound Care and
taking the test.
- Pressure
Ulcers in Pediatric Patients with Spinal Cord Injury: A
Review of Assessment, Prevention, and Topical Management
Sam S.H. Wu, MD, MA, MPH, MBA; Chulhyun Ahn, MD, MD; Kevin
R. Emmons, MSN, RN, CWCN; and Richard (Sal) Salcido, MD
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.
- Wound
& Skin Care: Can Pressure Mapping Prevent Pressure Ulcers?
Darlene S. Hanson, RN, MS; Diane Langemo, RN, PhD, FAAN;
Julie Anderson, RN, CCRC, PhD; Pat Thompson, RN, MS; and
Susan Hunter, RN, MSN
Coming
in Advances in Skin & Wound Care's July 2009
issue:
- Skin tears
- Randomized controlled trials
- Foam dressings comparison
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| LEARNING
CENTER
Hospital Acquired Conditions: Prevent and Reduce the Impact
The new CMS mandate presents challenges to nursing staff. Reducing the incidence of hospital acquired conditions, including pressure ulcers, catheter-related bloodstream infections and surgical site infections, is not only critical to patient care, it is crucial to minimizing the financial impact on the hospital.
Click here for key strategies.
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| CALL FOR PAPERS |
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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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