Key links for wound care nurses
- Published: 18 November 2008 15:05
- Last Updated: 18 November 2008 15:05
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Useful organisations, documents and links for wound care and tissue viability nurses
Guidelines
RCN guidleine. The nursing management of patients with venous leg ulcers
SIGN guideline. The care of patients with chronic leg ulcers
Useful publications
Skin Breakdown - the silent epidemic.Published by the Smith and Nephew Foundation.
Useful documents from the World Union of Wound Healing Societies
Minimising pain at wound dressing related procedures
Wound exudate and the role of dressings
Compression in venous leg ulceration
Useful documents from the European Wound Management Association
Topical negative pressure in wound management
Identifying criteria for wound infection
Lymphoedema bandaging in practice
Wound bed preparation in practice
Understanding compression therapy
Pain at wound dressing changes
Other useful links
Useful organisations
European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
European Wound Management Association
World Union of Wound Healing Societies
