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During the best of times hospitals in the United States typically provide healthcare services to their local communities by operating on...

Is your hospital C-suite considering bringing its wound care program in-house or changing wound care providers but they are struggling...

Does your hospital want to bring its wound care program in-house or change wound care partners, but you are concerned about being able to...

Hospital wound care partnerships are changing. View this short video to learn how you can take more control of your wound care program...

One of the basic pathways to non-healing of wounds is the interplay between tissue hypo perfusion, resulting hypoxia, and infection....

Any condition that obstructs normal venous drainage will lead to a backlog of blood which will increase the pressure within the veins....

Acute wound healing is an orderly and efficient process which is characterized by four distinct, but overlapping phases: hemostasis,...

Not all wound care products are compatible with Collagenase SANTYL. Please, if you have a moment, review the information on the following...

Any condition that obstructs normal venous drainage will lead to a backlog of blood which will increase the pressure within the veins....

The varied clinical applications for hyperbarics have led to the development of a unique, highly skilled nursing specialty: Hyperbaric...

Doxycycline is a semi-synthetic tetracycline compound. Classically, this drug is used in podiatry and wound care for its properties of...

Chronic osteomyelitis is the prototypical hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) problem wound, demanding meticulous attention to all details and...

Currently, the evidence is controversial as to whether there is a basis for using hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in sport injuries....

Crusts are found on superficial or partial-thickness wounds. Crusting is the rusty brown, dry crust that forms over any injured surface...

Wagner Grade 5 Gangrene involves the whole foot or enough of the foot that no local procedures are possible and amputation must be...

Wagner Grade 4 There is gangrene of some portion of the toe, toes, and/or forefoot. The gangrene may be wet or dry, infected or...

Bioengineered Skin Substitutes (also known as Cellular Tissue Products “CTPs”) have been placed on the list of approved RAC topics by...

There seems to be some confusion surrounding the definition of Scab and Eschar. I would like to clarify these terms for those who are...

More than 15 million Americans have chronic kidney disease of which approximately 500,000 require dialysis.1 The annual death rate in the...

A Case for Serial Radiographs and Modulation of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines. Osteomyelitis presents in 3 different stages with poorly...