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Dear Subscriber,
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and treatment strategies, and regulation updates to help you
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ISSUE
HIGHLIGHTS
New Jersey Fights
against Pressure Ulcers
New Jersey signs into law a new bill that requires nursing
homes to use pressure redistribution mattresses for
all residents. More
BodyZone Support
Surfaces Unveiled
Foamex, Media, Pennsylvania, a producer of polyurethane
foam-based solutions and specialty comfort products,
has introduced BodyZone and BodyZone Ultra as new solutions
to pressure ulcer prevention and treatment. More
WHO Issues New
Hand Hygiene Guidelines
The World Health Organization issued its new guidelines
on Hand Hygiene in Health Care, the first global patient
safety challenge. More
New Excellarate
Formulations May Broaden Use in Wound Healing
New formulation enhancements for Cardium Therapeutics’
Excellarate product candidate are designed to simplify
and broaden the use of Excellarate for diabetic ulcers,
and also to expand the potential applicability into
a number of additional wound healing market opportunities,
including pressure and venous ulcers, as well as major
surgical and serious trauma wounds. More
H1N1 Influenza
Updates on NursingCenter.com
Stay current with the latest information on H1N1 influenza,
including new developments, as well as references developed
for clinicians regarding key facts, drug information,
and patient education.
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.
More
NursingCenter.com launches resource page on nursing ethics
Take some time to explore this great collection of FREE articles addressing ethical issues in nursing practice. 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 May
2009 issue of Advances in Skin & Wound Care and
taking the test.
- The
ABCs of Skin Care for Wound Care Clinicians: Dermatitis
and Eczema
Kevin Y. Woo, RN, MSc, PhD, ACNP, GNC(c), FAPWCA, and R.
Gary Sibbald, BSc, MD, MEd, FRCPC (Med Derm), MACP, FAAD,
FAPWCA
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 June 2009
issue:
- Pressure ulcers in pediatric
patients
- PAD in substance abusers
- 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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