... continue reading about Management of Epidermolysis Bullosa With a Lipidocolloid Contact Layer

In the August 2018 column,1 we shared our early experience with the newly introduced product Endoform Antimicrobial (manufactured by Aroa Biosurgery Limited, Auckland, New Zealand, and distributed ... continue reading about Wound Care in the First Person: Taking the Guess Work Out of Silver Use

An ever-increasing number of wound cleansers has been developed to remove devitalized tissue, debris, and other noxious materials to effect wound bed preparation.¹ Once it was understood... continue reading about Pearls for Practice: The Influence of pH on Chronic Wound Healing and the Antimicrobial Activity of Chlorine

The Emerging Science of Biofilm is a new occasional sponsored column from Next Science, Jacksonville, FL.... continue reading about The Emerging Science of Biofilm: Shifting the Spotlight to the Biofilm Structure: Why Only Targeting the Bacteria in Wounds is Not Enough

Chronic wounds are associated with a high incidence and degree of microbial colonization,^1,2 where microorganisms are present in the wound and proliferating.... continue reading about Wound Care in the First Person: Adding an Antimicrobial With Silver to Your Wound Care Armamentarium

Wound bed preparation is the management of a wound in order to accelerate endogenous healing or to facilitate the effectiveness of other therapeutic measures.¹ To facilitate wound healin... continue reading about Pearls for Practice: Rapid Wound Bed Preparation Using NPWT With Hypochlorous Acid Instillation

Given the complexity of the patients, inpatient wound care is challenging; therefore, all physicians and surgeons should work with their wound, ostomy, continence (WOC) nurses as part of a multidis... continue reading about Wound Care in the First Person: Collaborating with WOC Nurses to Optimize Patient Progress

This occasional column is published to share important reimbursement updates with OWM readers.... continue reading about Reimbursement Round-up: Wound Care “Wins” in Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Chronic pressure injuries present a significant challenge in the home health care setting.... continue reading about Wound Care in the First Person: Managing Pressure Injuries in Home Health Care

Phlebolymphedema is a swelling of mixed etiology that occurs because the lymphatic system is unable to adequately drain the interstitial fluid that accumulates in severe chronic venous hypertension... continue reading about Pearls for Practice: Phlebolymphedema