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ISSUE
HIGHLIGHTS
AQUACEL
Ag Is Considered Safe to Use in MRI
New data shows that AQUACEL Ag, ConvaTec's advanced
antimicrobial dressing, is safe for use in a magnetic
resonance imaging environment. More
VIBATIV Approved
for Complicated SSIs
The Food and Drug Administration has approved VIBATIV
for the treatment of adult patients with complicated
skin structure infections caused by gram-positive bacteria,
including Staphylococcus aureus, both methicillin-resistant
and methicillin-susceptible strains. More
Mölnlycke
Launches Education Resource Center
Mölnlycke Health Care US, LLC, recently launched
a new Clinical Education Resource Center to emphasize
best practices in wound care. More
NAWC to Host Reception
at Annual Symposium
The National Alliance of Wound Care (NAWC) will host
a reception Friday, October 23, 2009, from 5:30 to 7:30
PM in the Lone Star Ballroom at the Grand Hyatt Hotel
in San Antonio, Texas, during the 24th annual Clinical
Symposium on Advances in Skin & Wound Care. For
information on the NAWC, visit http://www.nawccb.org/index.html.
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 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.
CMET Offers Wound
Care Certification Exam
The Council for Medical
Education and Testing (CMET) is the first and only physician-specific
testing organization and offers upcoming wound care
certification examinations. Endorsed by the American
Professional Wound Care Association and recognized by
the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine, exams will
be offered on Sunday, October 25, 2009, in conjunction
with the Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin &
Wound Care in San Antonio, Texas, in New York in November,
and other locations in 2010. For information http://www.CouncilMET.org
or [email protected];
215-364-4100.
Annual CAWC Conference
to be Held in Quebec
The 15th Annual Canadian Association of Wound Care Conference
will be held October 29 to November 1, 2009, in Quebec
City, Quebec, Canada. 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 September
2009 issue of Advances in Skin & Wound Care and
taking the test.
BONUS
CONTENT
Be sure to take advantage of this bonus article from one of
our sister journals, Nursing2009 Critical Care, at
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. By accessing this content
through your eNews link, you can read the article free of
charge.
- Fighting
Back Against Pressure Ulcers
Rosemary Jones Kates, RN, APN-BC, CRNP, CWOCN, MSN, and
Amy Callahan RN, APN-BC, CRNP, CNE, MSN
Coming
in Advances in Skin & Wound Care's October 2009
issue:
- CMS pressure ulcer POA indicator
- Payment strategies
- APWCA clinical rounds
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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
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