Category: Skin and Wound Management

As clinicians, we understand that medical devices are critically important in the care of our patients. Almost every hospital patient will require at least one medical device for their care...

Pressure injuries span across the care continuum. Understanding the best ways to prevent skin damage before it develops into a significant injury is critical to improving patient outcomes and reducing...

Pressure injuries are a global healthcare problem. Unfortunately, there is no magic formula that predicts how or when a patient may develop a pressure injury. Pressure injury formation depends on...

At 85, my father-in-law, Jon, a widowed, retired superintendent of schools was a regular at Tuesday bingo and Thursday poker at his senior apartment. He and Ralph, his neighbor down...

Since the ancient times, people have sought out treatments for wounds from herbal balms to vinegar to leeches. During the Civil War, wounds from injuries and amputations were treated with...

Talking about Compression Therapy for Venous Leg Ulcers with Lynn Peterson, CWOCN Clinical Application Specialist, Wound Care and Compression, 3M Medical Solutions Division VLUs are a big deal. Venous Leg...

Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are the most prevalent type of lower extremity wound. With incidence approaching 1% of the population1, most outpatient wound clinics are well versed in the treatment...

A graphical representation of biofilm. The presence of biofilm complicates the healing trajectory of many chronic wounds including venous leg ulcers (VLUs).  Joe Stoffel, a microbiologist who studies wound biofilm...

Helping a patient to heal a venous leg ulcer (VLU) is a clinical challenge that can take anywhere from weeks to months. Maintaining skin integrity throughout the healing process can...