Protecting Skin While Protecting Health
(Marissa shows her skin damage from extended use of PPE) You’ve seen their faces. You’ve seen the exhaustion and the stress. You’ve seen the temporary surface grooves and bruising on...
Reduce the Risks of Surgical Site Infection by Using the Right Post-op Cover Dressing
On a recent hospital visit, a surgeon told me he’d rather operate on a young, healthy farmer who still has dirt under his fingernails than someone who’s pristinely clean and...
Using PAPRs in Clinical and Healthcare Settings
Are you a professional looking to help improve personnel safety in the healthcare environment through the appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE)? As you probably know, federal and state...
A Passion for Care: Nursing in an Arizona ICU During the Coronavirus Pandemic
“I feel like it’s my calling to be there,” These are the words shared from Marissa, an ICU nurse in Phoenix, Arizona about volunteering to work in her hospital’s COVID-19...
N95 Decontamination Methods: Helping Protect Healthcare Workers
To say there is a lot of information pertaining to PPE and COVID-19 would be a vast understatement. We know this information can be complex, confusing, and difficult to know...
Skin Considerations for COVID-19 Patients: A Home Care Challenge
In many parts of the world, patients are being discharged with urgency to free up acute care beds. In the United States, The University of Washington Hospital, in one of...
We thank you.
During National Nurses Week and beyond, we recognize your tireless service, sacrifice and dedication to keep the people in your care safe. Today, we, the nursing and clinical staff from...
Inside a New Jersey Emergency Room During COVID-19
Heather, an emergency room (ER) nurse, is no stranger to high-stress situations. “I’ve worked in the neonatal intensive care unit; I’ve worked in the pediatric intensive care unit; I used...
Who is Susceptible to a Pressure Injury?
Pressure injuries are a growing healthcare concern. As the only hospital acquired condition (HAC) whose incidence has increased from 2014-20171, healthcare facilities are putting more attention and resource behind skin...
Expanding our Reach: Bringing Advanced Wound Care Solutions to Dogs
If you have a pet, you know they are part of your family. They make your annual holiday card, have social channels dedicated to their activities and often are part...