I have a patient who had a failed mesh placement and a panniculectomy and who has developed at least three separate fistulas with a very large amount of output (3-4 L/24 hrs). Any suggestions? I am using an Eakin wound management pouch hooked up to wall suction.
Continence control device receives medical design excellence award
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ConvaTec (Skillman, NJ) recently announced that the Vitala™ Continence Control Device (CCD) has received a 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award. Vitala™ CCD is a non-intrusive device that provides temporary continence to individuals with an end colostomy. This technology, developed and patented by ConvaTec, allows individuals to manage their colostomy without a pouch, belt, or irrigation.
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Wound care companies join together
- Wed, 8/19/09 - 10:11am
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Aurora Capital Group, a Los Angeles based private equity firm managing more than $2 billion in assets, has completed the purchase and merger-of-equals transactions to combine RecoverCare LLC (Radnor, Pa) and MedaSTAT USA LLC (Louisville, Ky), two privately held companies. The combined company will be called RecoverCare, LLC and will serve as a leading distributor of wound care and bariatric equipment and solutions to the acute and long-term healthcare markets. RecoverCare offers a national service infrastructure, with 158 service centers, more than 750 employees, and a fixed asset inventory ap
Company launches wound care product line in US
- Wed, 8/19/09 - 10:10am
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Smith & Nephew Inc’s Advanced Wound Management division (St. Petersburg, Fla) recently announced the US launch of Acticoat™ Flex 3 and Acticoat™ Flex 7, in efforts to expand the Acticoat portfolio. Acticoat Flex products have been designed to support physicians dealing with wounds and injuries with a high risk of infection. Utilizing the Silcryst® nanocrystalline silver technology of Acticoat, the Flex line provides enhanced conformability on awkward anatomical areas such as the face and hands and breakthrough stretch properties to improve patient comfort during wear. The Flex wound car
New design helps professionals improve ease of catheter application
- Wed, 8/19/09 - 10:08am
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Ethicon Inc (Somerville, NJ) announced that Biopatch® Protective Disk with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) will include new design elements with updated packaging to make it easier for surgeons, nurses, and other healthcare providers to apply the product correctly around catheters to reduce the risk of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs). The disk is placed directly on the skin at the point of catheter insertion and provides 7 days of continuous active antisepsis.
The design and packaging for the disk includes easy-to-follow instructions and clearly marked “up” arrows to s
HMP Communications introduces new online video blog
- Thu, 7/23/09 - 10:54am
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HMP Communications’ (Malvern, Pa) wound care division recently launched an online video blog (vlog) on its Today’s Wound Clinic website: “What’s New in Wound Care.” Entries are uploaded to the website on a regular basis and often are combined with embedded video or a video link with supporting text, images, and other metadata. Vlogs often utilize web syndication to allow for the distribution of video over the Internet using either the RSS or Atom syndication formats for automatic aggregation and playback on mobile devices and personal computers.
Chimere G. Holmes developed “Wh
Annual Ostomy Wound Management Buyer’s Guide
- Thu, 7/23/09 - 10:52am
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The Annual OWM Buyers Guide, created each year for all involved in the care of patients with chronic wounds, ostomies, and/or incontinence, will soon be available. The Guide is divided into several easy-to-use sections — Products and Services, Educational Offerings and Products, A to Z Company Index, and A to Z Product Index — to help you quickly find the information you need. Products are listed according to treatment topics (Continence/Incontinence, Ostomy Care, Skin Care, Support Surfaces and Positioning Devices, Topical Wound Care Products, Supportive Wound and Patient Care Products) a
Therapeutic sleep surfaces prevent pressure ulcers
- Thu, 7/23/09 - 10:12am
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Invacare Continuing Care Inc ([ICCI] Elyria, Ohio) a subsidiary of Invacare® Corporation, manufactures and distributes medical equipment used in the home setting. With the introduction of the Solace Resolution Gliding Therapeutic Support Surface, ICC launched a new generation of skin shear prevention. Standard foam mattresses placed on an articulating bed tend to pinch at the middle when the head or foot of the bed is raised. This can cause the person resting on the mattress to slide into the center and risk painful skin shear and increased pressure on sensitive areas of the patient’s body.
Next-generation hemostatic dressing available for military emergencies
- Thu, 7/23/09 - 10:11am
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HemCon Medical Technologies Inc (Portland, Ore) announced the launch of the ChitoGauze™ dressing platform. The product represents the next generation, z-folded hemostatic chitosan dressing, designed for battlefield and acute care use; it has been proven effective on severe, arterial bleeding. The initial product design received FDA 510(k) clearance in April 2009. 
Designed to offer the latest in battlefield
Report indicates major concerns regarding CMS guidelines
- Thu, 7/23/09 - 10:10am
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According to a report released by DM Systems (Evanston, Ill), approximately one third of survey respondents revealed their facilities did not have an official heel pressure ulcer prevention program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last year that it would no longer reimburse for hospital-acquired conditions such as pressure ulcers. DM Systems conducted a series of surveys in 2008 designed to gauge the effect of the CMS guidelines on healthcare facilities. Survey results found that major concern about the changes started in the spring and remained consistent through
Fecal management system helps maintain skin condition and reduces risk of pressure ulcers
- Thu, 7/23/09 - 10:09am
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ConvaTec (Skillman, NJ) recently received first place (Total Recall Category) in the 2008 Critical Care Nurse Advertising Effectiveness Awards for its Flexi-Seal® Fecal Management System (FMS). The FMS is a temporary containment device for patients with acute fecal incontinence. It was designed to safely and effectively divert liquid or semi-liquid fecal matter to help protect patients’ wounds from fecal contamination and reduce the risk of both skin breakdown and spread of infection, such as infection with Clostridium difficile.
Critical Care Nurse presented the Award to ConvaTec bas
