When it comes to the best ways to practice good skin and wound care, experts repeatedly return to a common theme, independent of one another: Practice the basics. Keep a simple routine that thrives on...
Ask the care expert
Dec 01, 2007
We have a new resident that has a colostomy. I have never seen one like this as there is no stoma. We are having a hard time keeping the appliance on. Do you have any suggestions?
Plants and animals inspire tissue-restoring dressings
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
Engineers have developed two new nano ber dressings that accelerate healing and improve tissue regeneration. Both dressings — created by researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering...
Wound care feature — Topical issues
By
Liza Berger
Aug 08, 2007
Proper skin care often comes down to good old-fashioned common sense. To avoid pressure ulcers, stick to the basics.
Joerns RecoverCare releases microclimate overlay system
Dec 22, 2014
Joerns RecoverCare has launched ClimateCare™, a mattress coverlet system.
New treatment may dispense old ideas about wound care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 09, 2018
Imagine rolling a tape dispenser over a wound, leaving behind a strip of cells that will generate new skin. Researchers at the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Hospital are getting close. They...
Ask the treatment expert: are all pressure ulcers avoidable?
By
Donna Sardina
Nov 01, 2009
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care Education Institute
Study: Smaller flu vaccine doses may work – for non-elderly
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 05, 2004
Giving smaller doses of the flu vaccine into the skin does not produce the same results in the elderly as traditional shots of the vaccine into the muscle, according to research set to appear in the Nov....
Passing on the risk: managing pressure ulcers between care setting transfers
By
Julie Williamson
Jul 01, 2010
Long-term care providers need to closely monitor and manage skin conditions before and after hospital transfers. Many breakdowns can go unnoticed
AALTCN and P&G announce skin survey results
Oct 28, 2014
A majority of long-term care professionals surveyed said laundry care products that are gentle on skin is important to both them and their residents’ comfort, according to a “Gentle on Skin”...