Providing wound care knowledge for the everyday clinician

Included in this issue:

Editorials

Acute wounds

• Choosing the appropriate dressing: Hydrogels and sheets
• Using maggots to clean wounds
• Skin tears: An introduction to STAR

Chronic wounds

• Compression therapy for venous leg ulceration: Part 3 – multilayer bandaging
• The leg ulcer: A shared approach
• Venous leg ulcers: Don't forget the skin
• Self-care of the at-risk diabetic foot

Skin care

• Barrier products and their purpose
• Key recommendations from the best practice statement on the care of the older person's skin
• Categorising pressure ulcers: Getting it right

General wound care

• Back to Basics: Correct bandaging
• Back to Basics: Correct leg elevation for the oedematous limb
• Debridement consensus: Recommendations for practice
• Living day-to-day with a heavily exudate wound: Recommendations for practice
• Meeting Report
• Product Profiles