Kinetic Concepts Inc. recently unveiled the Skin IQ 1000 Microclimate Manager.
FDA approves drug to treat MRSA skin infections
May 27, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Dalvance (dalbavancin), an antibacterial drug used to treat adults with bacterial skin and skin structure infections. Among them are infections caused by Staphylococcus...
Ask the Treatment Expert about … auditing skin integrity programs
May 08, 2018
What should our wound care nurse audit, and how often, to ensure our skin integrity program is on track? At least once a month, time should be set aside for the wound care nurse to audit the skin integrity...
CMS issues warning about Clarcon hand sanitizer products
Jun 23, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services continues to warn healthcare workers to avoid using skin-sanitizing products manufactured by Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory. The bacteria found in...
Making needles less painful
Apr 04, 2011
People often fail to notice mosquito bites. Yet hypodermic needle injections generally cause a sharp pain. This oddity was not lost on Japanese researchers at Kansai University in Osaka. They recently...
Ask the treatment expert … about determining what is really a pressure ulcer
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
May 08, 2015
Clinicians may have difficulty in determining if a wound is truly a pressure ulcer. It is essential to not only assess the wound, but also perform a complete skin assessment and obtain a history. To be...
Ask the treatment expert … about identifying pressure ulcers
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Jun 01, 2013
How do you deal with the age-old question “Is it a pressure ulcer or not?” Many healthcare professionals are frequently faced with the dilemma of how to document a reddened area on the buttocks,...
Medline receives NAHCA endorsement for Skintegrity
Jun 16, 2015
Medline Industries Inc. has received a National Association of Health Care Assistants endorsement for its holistic skin health program called Skintegrity ™.
Healing power
By
Julie Williamson
Nov 01, 2007
Product innovations, combined with tried-and-true methods, are a winning formula for skin and pressure ulcer care.
Ask the Care Expert about … documentation terms
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Apr 08, 2018
At my facility, they are mixing pressure ulcer with other terms. What’s correct to use in documenting?