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ISSUE
HIGHLIGHTS
Posey
Introduces PRO-heeLx Heel Protector
The Posey Company has introduced its new PRO-heeLx Heel
Protector, which helps protect against pressure ulcers
and foot drop. More
Excellarate Shows
Potential in Treating Nonhealing Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Cardium Therapeutics reported positive data from its
Matrix Phase 2b clinical trial of Excellarate for the
potential treatment of patients with chronic nonhealing
diabetic foot ulcers based on the company's gene-activated
matrix technology platform. More
Expedited Shipping
of Medical Maggots to Begin
Monarch Labs LLC, the exclusive supplier of Medical
Maggots in the United States, has partnered with MNX
to provide expedited shipping of the Medical Maggots
product (disinfected Phaenicia sericata larvae) for
maggot therapy. More
Free H1N1 Flu Patient
Handouts
In response to the growing concern about the H1N1flu
epidemic, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, in conjunction
with Lippincott's http://www.NursingCenter.com,
has developed a free educational handout for health
professionals to use to help explain the H1N1 virus
to patients. More
Wound Care Review
Course Scheduled
The American Professional Wound Care Association will
offer "The Essentials--A Comprehensive Review Course
on Wound Care Management and Intervention" on January
16-17, 2010, in Los Angeles, California. More
APWCA Plans 9th
National Clinical Conference
APWCA2010, Wound Care and the Related Sciences,
highlighted by more than 40 world-renowned experts from
all wound-care disciplines, will be held April 8-11,
2010, at the Sheraton, Philadelphia City Center, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. http://www.apwca.org/apwca2010.
For further information on these programs 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 October
2009 issue of Advances in Skin & Wound Care and
taking the test.
- Annual Checkup: The
CMS Pressure Ulcer Present-on-Admission Indicator
Courtney H. Lyder, ND, GNP, FAAN, and Elizabeth A. Ayello,
PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, ET, FAPWCA, 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 November 2009
issue:
- Peristomal skin complications
- Pressure ulcers and spinal
cord injury
- Herpes zoster
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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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