Introduction: Pressure ulcers are a common chronic wound defined as “localized injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue usually over a bony prominence, as a result of pressure, or pres...
Introduction: Although several antimicrobials have been used in advanced wound care products such as silver and PHMB, toxicology and wound healing studies have shown that high levels of t...
Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness and budget impact of using standard care (No Advanced treatment, NAT) compared to an advanced Treatment (AT), like a Dehydrated Amnion/Chorio...
Introduction: As many as a quarter of patients with diabetes mellitus will experience a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) which often require extensive healing time and negatively impact patient ...
This study compares the average length of therapy (ALOT) between patients discharged from acute care facilities that have instituted a facilitated transition discharge program allowing fo...
Implementing Patient Turning & Repositioning Device and Protocol to Increase Q2 Turn Effectiveness and Compliance
Introduction: Due to recent increases in HAPIs and after identifying...
Background: Facing the international background of pandemia new challenges inside COVID 19´s ITU services are raising in Brazil. One of the most important is the effective wound managemen...
Introduction: Despite the ongoing attempts to prevent Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs), there is still a significant amount of HAPUs that occurs still.
This poster presentation ...
Background: There is an increasing need for specialty wound care in rural areas. Interprofessional collaboration can maximize the available resources and improve patient outcomes includin...
Introduction: The standard of care for foot and ankle wounds often involves bandage rolls and gauze wraps, to cover the primary dressing. Secondary dressing application ease, time to appl...