Changes to end-of-life wound classification in a recent Minimum Data Set update should be a positive for long-term care, but regulatory and legal ambiguity still surrounded the new coding procedures at...
Commission updates wound care guidance
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 07, 2023
The Joint Commission has issued new guidance on pressure injuries to better equip nursing home care staff and others.
The latest Resident Assessment Instrument manual may better guide decisions about how to code certain pressure ulcers.
PAWSIC aims to elevate LTC wound care, skin standards
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 07, 2023
A former Genesis HealthCare executive has launched a national collaborative meant to educate long-term care professionals on all aspects of wound care and skin health.
Antimicrobial dressings raise new concerns
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2023
Wound care professionals need to do a better job of balancing the use of antimicrobial products for healing with concerns about “uncontrolled” reliance amid increasing antibiotic resistance, British...
Novel 3-D PAINT pen could rewrite wound healing trajectories
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2023
A new 3-D pen uses a healing ink to deliver immune system fluids directly to cuts and wounds.
Study validates fish skin grafts for DFUs
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Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2023
Treating diabetic foot ulcers with fish skin grafts healed “significantly more” wounds and saved nearly $3,000 per patient versus a more traditional collagen wrap, found a new study of more than 100...
Wireless smart bandage makes short work of chronic wounds
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 25, 2023
A Stanford University research team has created a smart bandage made of a thin, flexible printed circuit and a wireless power source that provides electrical stimulation to injured tissue.
Healing protein found in developing babies tapped for wound care
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 05, 2022
A healing protein that is active in fetuses, but largely inactive in adults and absent in diabetic adults, could be the key to improving treatment of diabetic wounds.