Pressure Ulcers

The United States is one of the most litigious nations in the world, with the result that numerous medical malpractice lawsuits are initiated against hospitals and other health care facilities, as wel...

By Janet Wolfson PT, CLWT, CWS, CLT-LANA As I read through wound care articles on pressure injuries and treatments, I keep going back to one thought: why are they still occurring? They are preventa...

Learn how microclimate can impact the challenges health care providers face in the prevention and treatment of pressure injuries in this video interview....

By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN I was not at the April National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) meeting, but I do think some of critical commentary that has followed the announcement of the...

Mucosal membrane pressure injuries are device-related pressure injuries (DRPI) of the mucous membrane. These hospital-acquired injuries are generally considered preventable....

By the WoundSource Editors With aging populations facing increasingly complex comorbid medical conditions coupled with polypharmacy and multidrug-resistant organisms, wound healing can often feel l...

By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN This past fall, I attended the New England WOCN Society regional conference. While I am still processing all the great information that I absorbed there, I'd like ...

This blog provides a summary of a recent scoping review that evaluated how pressure injury prevention programs are presented to patients and their caregivers....

Patients who develop stage 3 and 4 pressure injuries with prolonged wound chronicity and complexity may require surgical intervention. One surgical method used to encourage healing in pressure injurie...