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A glittering night out in the heart of London was the setting for the 2007 WUK Awards Ceremony on 8th June. A hot night in Leicester Square set the scene for the celebration of excellence in our world of wound care. A champagne reception kicked off the evening, followed by a fabulous dinner with acrobatic artistes performing between courses on stage and above the diners. Bear Grylls ex British Special Forces and survival expert of Born Survivor TV fame who in 1998 became the youngest Britain to climb Mt Everest, (and that after intense rehabilitation for a back broken in 3 places from a parachuting accident) transfixed the audience with a breathily delivered, exciting and motivational after dinner speech. Then with Bear still on stage to announce and present the Awards the main event of the evening unfolded. Thirteen Awards were made and the winners were:- Smith and Nephew Wound Systems Award - Caroline Dowsett with a paper entitled-' Does providing education and training on the concept of Wound Bed Preparation and the TIME framework improve community nurses knowledge and practice in managing patients with chronic wounds?' WUK Burns and Plastics Award - Stuart Enoch - on the 'Evaluation of cellular response differences between mucosal and skin fibroblasts to explain this differential wound healing outcomes'. Ark Diabetic Foot Ulcers Award - Samantha Haycocks, Paul Chadwick - with a practice development paper on 'Sharp debridement of the diabetic foot: the development of informed consent KCI Innovations in Primary Care Award - Andrew Melling, Shahzad Ather, Deborah Whetter, David Leaper with research on 'Post discharge surveillance of surgical site infection'. Convatec Innovations in Hospital Wound Care Award- Helen Shoker with her exploration into the subject of ''Value Added' Quantifying the cost to a tissue viability service'. Urgo Innovations in New Technology Award - Peter Vowden and Marco Romanelli with a paper on 'Amelogenins in hard-to-heal ulcers' 3M Leg Ulcers Award - Claire Collins on the 'National audit of the management of venous leg ulcers'. Talley Surgical Wounds Award - Andrew Melling, Senthil Kumar, Deborah Whetter, Elizabeth Baker, David Leaper for research on the 'Efficacy of antibiotics versus perioperative wound warming in wound infection prophylaxis after breast surgery WUK Pressure Ulcers - Claire Morris with a practice development piece about developing an audit tool based on recently devised performance indicators to provide the mechanism for reviewing the quality of everyday care Activa Lymphoedema and Chronic Oedema Award - Brenda King with a paper on 'The implementation of a community in-patient Tissue Viability bed. Hermal Dermatology Award - Sheila Robertson exploring 'Educating child care workers in the prevention of skin cancer' Molnlycke Innovations in Primary Care -Ellie Lindsay for her work on patient involvement in the 'Development of the Leg Club' The final and most prestigious award the Smith and Nephew sponsored WUK Major Contribution Award was given to Vanessa Jones for her ground breaking and tireless work educating our specialty. The evening rounded off with some serious dancing to lose the calories collected from dinner before we spilled out onto the street at 2am, a still warm and lively night in the centre of London's theatre-land. Congratulations to all the winners and to those who received highly commended honours. It was an excellent field this year with a wide subject matter showing how the field is moving forwards. Wounds UK would like to thank all the entrants who took the time and trouble to enter. Next time why not go for the cup double by entering your abstract for an oral paper or poster for Harrogate 2007 and then re-enter the work for the Wounds UK Awards 2008.
Talley Group to launch "next generation" negative pressure wound therapy Talley Group Ltd is to pioneer its own negative pressure wound therapy range. The "next generation" of products will build on proven technology, offering patients faster healing and higher comfort levels. The move reinforces the Group's 50 years of experience in pressure ulcer prevention and therapy, and underpins its role as the UK's largest privately owned specialist. Talley's Medical Division entered the newly emerging negative pressure market last year, in association with Blue Sky of the USA. The treatment uses a pump to provide localised negative-pressure, thus draining the wound. Talley will use its latest technologies, including 3D modeling, CAD software, and advanced surface mount electronics, to develop a new power unit and canister to lead the market with unique features and benefits. Operations Manager Kevin Mearns said: "Published clinical studies have shown the value of this new cost-effective technique, and with our cutting-edge technology and design experience we are ideally placed to meet customers' needs." CEO Chris Evans added: "We were the first in the UK to offer real choice in negative pressure wound therapy, and truly understand the requirements for the next generation of products. "Customers will see a seamless transition to the new product range, and I am confident we will yet again deliver state of the art, reliable, products providing real savings to both the UK NHS and the private sector." Following the UK launch, the range will also be available in Europe.
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Find out your own statistics on:- www.hesonline.nhs.uk Wanting to look at the history behind today's science, well why not go to Century of Science where there is a searchable database built up from frequently cited articles from the first half of the 20th century.
For anyone interested in vascular surgery there are two interventional procedure guidance documents issued in May 2007 for 'Lower limb deep vein valve reconstruction for chronic deep venous incompetence' http://guidance.nice.org.uk/IPG219 and 'Ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins' (http://www.nice.org.uk/IPG217).
Consultation is underway during July on an atopic eczema in children guideline. Information on the list of stakeholders and how to make a contribution is contained on the following link, http://www.nice.org.uk/IPG217
Pressure ulcer staging
Chronic wound pain
Summertime and the living is wet
Hofman D, Moore K, Cooper R, Eagle M, Cooper S. Use of topical corticosteroids on chronic leg ulcers.J Wound Care. 2007 May;16(5):227-30. Vowden P, Romanelli M, Price P. Effect of amelogenin extracellular matrix protein and compression on hard-to-heal venous leg ulcers. J Wound Care. 2007 May;16(5):189-95. Cavallini M. Autologous fibroblasts to treat deep and complicated leg ulcers in diabetic patients. Wound Repair Regen. 2007 Jan-Feb;15(1):35-8.
Pressure Ulcers Black J et al (2007) National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel's Updated Pressure Ulcer Staging System. Urol Nurs. 2007;27(2):144-150
Burns Esposito G, Gravante G, Filingeri V, Delogu D, Montone A. Use of hyaluronan dressings following dermabrasion avoids escharectomy and facilitates healing in pediatric burn patients. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Jun;119(7):2346-7.
Debridement Cambal M, Labas P, Kozanek M, Takac P, Krumpalova Z. Maggot debridement therapy. Bratisl Lek Listy. 2006;107(11-12):442-4.
Infection
Ichikawa S, Ishihara M, Okazaki T, Warabi K, Kato Y, Hori S, Lane GJ, Hiramatsu K, Inada E, Kobayashi H, Yamataka A. le Duc Q, Breetveld M, Middelkoop E, Scheper RJ, Ulrich MM, Gibbs S. A cytotoxic analysis of antiseptic medication on skin substitutes and autograft. Br J Dermatol. 2007 Jun 6; [Epub ahead of print] Ryan TJ. Infection following soft tissue injury: its role in wound healing. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2007 Apr;20(2):124-8. Review. Davies CE, Hill KE, Newcombe RG, Stephens P, Wilson MJ, Harding KG, Thomas DW. A prospective study of the microbiology of chronic venous leg ulcers to reevaluate the clinical predictive value of tissue biopsies and swabs. Wound Repair Regen. 2007 Jan-Feb;15(1):17-22. Parikh, A., Hamilton, S., Sivarajan, V., Withey, S., Butler, P. (2007) Diagnostic fine-needle aspiration in ostoperative wound infections is more accurate at predicting causative organisms than wound swabs. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 89: 166 - 167
Vascular Kopal C, Deveci M, Ozturk S, Sengezer M. (2007) Effects of topical glutathione treatment in rat ischemic wound model. Ann Plast Surg. 58(4):449-55.
Surgical Herlin C, Louhaem D, Bigorre M, Dimeglio A, Captier G. Use of Integra in a paediatric upper extremity degloving injury. J Hand Surg [Br]. 2007 Apr;32(2):179-84. Epub 2007 Jan 16. Mandal A. Paediatric partial-thickness scald burns--is Biobrane the best treatment available? Int Wound J. 2007 Mar;4(1):15-9. Review.
Dermatology Gerdts B, Vloemans A, Kreis R. Toxic epidermal necrolysis; 15 years' experience in a Dutch burns centre. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2007 Jul;21(6):781-8.
Topical Negative Pressure Reiss N, Schuett U, Kemper M, Bairaktaris A, Koerfer R. New method for sternal closure after vacuum-assisted therapy in deep sternal infections after cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Jun;83(6):2246-7.
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