Hydrasyn25 offers relief for cracked heels and related problems
Jun 09, 2009
Hydrasyn25 is an advanced skin care product formulated specifically to help treat and prevent cracked heels, fissures and severe dry skin conditions in diabetics and others. The product is fragrance free...
Pressure ulcers ‘not entirely preventable’
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2013
Seniors’ lack of protective skin proteins makes pressure ulcer prevention difficult, according to new research.
Study confirms: Blood infections in SNFs traced to contaminated syringes
By
May 04, 2017
A rash of blood infections that hit nearly 60 long-term care facilities on the East Coast last year have been traced back to contaminated saline flush syringes, researchers announced last week.
Hydrogen peroxide plays big role in skin healing: report
By
John O'Connor
Jul 01, 2011
University of California at Los Angeles researchers recently showed that hydrogen peroxide plays a central role in wound healing.
Ask The Treatment Expert
By
Jeri Lundgren, RN, BSN, PHN, CWS, CWCN, CPT
Jun 06, 2019
We have a high number of admissions each week. What assessments and interventions should we consider for skin integrity upon admission? A head-to-toe skin inspection and a skin integrity risk assessment...
How to do it… Skin assessment
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 01, 2007
New admissions can start making – or costing – skilled nursing providers significant sums of money almost immediately. A key factor is how efficiently and thoroughly a new resident is assessed and...
MASD weakens skin of masked workers, residents vulnerable due to age and frailty, even before COVID.
Wound care experts deepen training resolve post-COVID
By
John Hall
Jul 01, 2022
Fewer staff with less experience means a renewed focus on skin care basics as wound care specialists make their way back into facilities
Ask the wound care expert: Why is aging skin more vulnerable to damage from pressure and other trauma?
By
Jeffrey M. Levine, M.D., AGSF
Apr 01, 2022
Q: Why is aging skin more vulnerable to damage from pressure and other trauma?
Ask the Treatment Expert about … DTI treatment
By
Jeri Lundgren
Jun 08, 2018
We have a resident with a deep tissue injury (DTI) on the sacrum and now the center has an open area. Should we measure and describe just the open area?