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,...
Physicians warn of delayed skin reactions to COVID vaccine
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 08, 2021
Clinicians should be aware of injection-site reactions that may occur about a week after receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine and which may be confused with skin infection, say physicians from Massachusetts...
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...
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...
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...
Incontinence dilemma: quality or savings? Both!
By
Marta Maleszewska, Ph.D
Sep 14, 2018
Soft, breathable materials reduce the incidence of wounds and irritations, preventing some costs from ointments and skin treatment.
Making space for clinical trials in long-term care
Jun 01, 2022
Principle CEO Lynn Hood, Principle COO Joylin Nation and Tyler Miller of Care Access to learn what it takes to make a drug trial partnership work — and why the success of such initiatives matters not...
Adhesive introduced for specialty products
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 06, 2019
DowDuPont Specialty Products Division has created a new DOW CORNING™ MG 7-1020 Soft Skin Adhesive.
SkinIntegra Skincare donating repair cream for SNFs, others
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 17, 2020
SkinIntegra, a skincare line designed to repair depleted and cracked skin, is donating samples of its Rapid Crack Repair Cream to healthcare facilities in California, Arizona, New York and Pennsylvania....
Dynarex announces new line
Oct 29, 2013
Dynarex has introduced brand enemas for relief of occasional constipation. The company offers saline solution and mineral oil products, and a mineral oil enema product is expected to launch soon.