Journal of Wound Care

The Journal of Wound Care provides the latest evidence-based information and best practice procedures. Keep up-to-date on all aspects of wound care, including the prevention and treatment of wounds and associated skin conditions. All articles are peer-reviewed by an expert panel of advisors and reviewers, and include the latest state-of-the-art research and clinical practice articles. Subscribe now to make sure you receive the latest issue in newsstand as soon as it is published

In this special EPUAP edition, which includes EPUAP free-paper abstracts, a preliminary conference programme and a comprehensive overview of the organisation’s pressure ulcer (PU) curriculum, we feature a number of education-focused articles including: a critical discussion on the theory and practice of PU/pressure injury (PI) assessment; a description of the development of the PRONEtect project which aimed to create accessible online educational content for clinicians on prone positioning and skin damage prevention; and an updated systematic review on assessing nurses’ attitudes towards PU prevention. There is also a study to analyse challenges in prospective observational studies evaluating PU costs and how to correctly price items, on the prevention of PIs using a non-motorised decompression air mattress as well as a pilot study on the positive effects of cold atmospheric plasma on wound pH. An evaluation of in-shoe plantar pressure and shear during walking for diabetic foot ulcer prevention is also described.

 

September’s edition also includes the North American Supplement which features the use of a dynamic tissue system and biological xenograft in complex traumatic wound closure is described. A case series examines the differential diagnosis of stage 2, 3 and 4 PIs of the pelvis and lower extremity, and a case report and literature review focuses on sclerotherapy and its complications. The proceedings of the Leaders in Wound Healing conference are also presented.

 

Research supplement papers (online only) include a study on PU prevention devices in the management of older patients at risk after hospital discharge; an in vitro antibacterial study of Carbopol-mastic gum/silver nanoparticle-based topical gels with carvacrol/neem bark extract; the treatment of fungal infection on left ventricle assist device driveline exit site; and a comparison of Biatain Ag and Biatain Alginate Ag dressings on skin graft donor sites.