What’s New
Treating venous leg ulcers? Compression has come a long way since the Unna boot
When it comes to healing venous leg ulcers, old ways of thinking can lead to poor outcomes. Explore advanced treatment options to drive better outcomes.
Refocus on pressure injury prevention: Download this infographic to learn how
Nurses tell us what has kept them from best practices and what can help
Choose the right compression wraps to help heal venous leg ulcers: Webinar recap
Wound and lymphedema specialist Suzie Ehmann reveals how to get the most healing benefits from compression to manage chronic venous insufficiency.
Nurse retention a priority? Refocus on staff education and evidence-based best practices
How do you care for at-risk skin without enough nurses and growing demand? Discover one key solution that helps empower staff and improve skin health.
Pressure injury prevention in the ED: Support surfaces matter
Higher patient volumes in the ED driven by Covid mean higher risk of PIs. Learn how you can refocus staff on best practices to help prevent skin breakdown.
NEW WEBINAR WITH LIVE Q&A
Pressure Injury Prevention: Current State and Its Implications
CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, MAPWCA
Tues., June 21, 11-12 pm (CST)
Best Practices
Five-layer foam dressing: How this innovative technology helps you care for wounds
Learn how a layered wound care dressing helps fight friction and shear for patients at risk for skin breakdown.
How do you help prevent pressure injuries at the heels?
Preventing pressure injuries/ulcers is an important aspect of both clinical care and the healthcare system at large.
Fight MASD with the right system of products
Healthy skin needs moisture, but too much can compromise skin integrity and cause harm. Moisture damage often occurs when patients are incontinent, but moisture can also be a problem for any age group and on many different areas of the body.
Prevention & Treatment
Time for a compression evolution: Optimizing outcomes and wound healing
Compression therapy is a proven method for helping advance overall circulation and controlling edema in the legs. But how effective is it for healing wounds? Suzie Ehmann, PT, DPT, CWS, CLT-LANA explores the wound healing benefits of compression therapy.
Does one good turn deserve another? A look at the practice of repositioning
Repositioning patients to prevent and treat pressure injuries has been a long-standing tradition. This session will explore the physiological principles behind repositioning in addition to myths commonly encountered in its practice. Strategies to best incorporate evidence-based practice will be shared.
Intertrigo: Empower staff to manage moisture and reduce skin breakdown
Knowing how to use a product is an essential part of your job. But looking beyond that—to why it works—empowers you and your staff to choose the right strategy every time.
Operational Performance
Riverside Healthcare: A case study on systemness
Systemness began with standardizing wound care.
Healthcare economics: Costs of preventing versus treating skin breakdown
Clinicians work hard to protect patients from skin damage that may contribute to pressure injuries. But preventable pressure injuries/ulcers still occur.
Health economics: The right wound care products help drive cost savings
How choosing the right wound care products can help improve patient outcomes and save money
Creating a supply formulary that works
8 steps to take to standardize and cut costs.
News room
- June 2, 2022Medline introduces enhanced Optifoam Gentle EX foam dressing to help pressure injury prevention
Medline’s Optifoam Gentle EX is designed to help displace pressure when used with pressure injury prevention protocol The post Medline introduces enhanced Optifoam Gentle EX foam dressing to help pres… - May 31, 2022Medline now offering live, virtual skin health boot camps to post-acute care providers
Free, virtual courses are designed for novice to experienced clinicians in wound and skin care, and cover a broad-range of topics — from assessing, documenting and measuring wounds to pain management… - May 24, 2022Healthcare Purchasing News: Tracking the factors that affect healing
Sebastian Barba, DVM, senior director strategic marketing, Medline Advanced Wound Care, discusses how PluroGel® can reduce pain during dressing changes in burn patients. The post Healthcare Purchasing… - March 14, 2022Medline’s Apple P.I.E. concept is a recipe for success
In honor of Pi Day on March 14, Patty Turner, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CWS, director of clinical services at Medline, presented her patented Apple P.I.E. (pressure injury explanation) concept to healthcare pro… - January 5, 2022Rural long-term care facilities bring in outside educators to boost staff skills
Medline spoke with Guardian Healthcare to learn more about what they are doing to support workforce engagement through ongoing skin and wound care guideline education. The organization has created in-…
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