Are Hydrocolloid Dressings Recommended for Skin Tear Management - Take our Quiz

Skin Tear management includes evidence-based wound management as well as preventative strategies which will assist in preventing wound deterioration and future skin tears. Hydrocolloid Dressings are adhesive, waterproof dressings comprised of various gel forming properties including carboxymethyl-cellulose, pectin, gelatin and elastomers. Hydrocolloids provide a moist wound environment, aid in autolytic debridement, conform to body shape,…

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Aged Care Quality Standards Graphic 2018

As aged care services prepare for the new Aged Care Quality Standards, the Commission expects that organisations will be compliant with these Standards from 1 July 2019. Below is a brief overview of some of the wound care requirements for providers as outlined in the new Standards. The new Commission Act and Rules apply to all…

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Olympics of the diabetic foot

Article by Diabetic Foot Australia The International Symposium on the Diabetic Foot (ISDF) has been informally known as the “Olympics of the diabetic foot” since 1996. And this year will see a record of 20 Aussie presentations at next month’s 8th ISDF “Olympics” in The Netherlands which is much more than any other “Olympics”. Why…

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Community Aged Care | Wound Innovations

Wound Innovations is providing Specialist Wound Consultations in the Community, with consultations incurring no out of pocket cost for patients.  Wound Innovations provide specialist Wound Management to residents in the Community which can be funded through eligible Home Care Packages and/or DVA Gold Card. Wound management can be provided at our clinic (Brisbane), in the…

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Dr John Bingley – Vascular Surgeon and Clinical Director of Wound Innovations   Tell us a little bit about your professional background? Queensland trained doctor, with time as a junior doctor in country hospital; Diploma of Obstetrics; research Masters and PhD in arterial injury; Vascular Surgery training completed 2003; worked in Brisbane since then; Director of Surgery at…

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Wound Innovations and Australian Skin Cancer Academy are happy to announce a new event specifically designed for General Practitioners “Staying out of trouble below the knee: diagnosis, excision and ulcer management”. Diagnosis and management of skin lesions and ulcers below the knee can be difficult. Choosing which lesion to excise, how to excise it to maximize healing, and how…

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Introducing Wound Innovations staff: Sharon Whalley – Nurse Practicioner Candidate.   Tell us a little bit about your professional background? I am currently doing my Masters of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) course through the University of Newcastle, which I will complete in December 2018. I did my undergraduate degree in nursing at the University of Western Sydney many years ago.…

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4th October 2017 – 5:30pm – 7:30pm Seminar / 6:00pm – 7:00pm AEST Webinar DOWNLOAD POSTER Wound Innovations invites you to this exclusive event with internationally renowned wound expert, Dr Kevin Woo (Canada). The seminar will cover highlights from Dr Woo’s research and practice interests including Wound bed preparation, Biofilm disruption and Mechanical debridement. Dr Kevin…

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Introducing Wound Innovations staff: Annabelle Bingley and Sarah Hylton – Registered Nurses   Tell us a little bit about your professional background? Sarah and Annie met on the first day of their first clinical practice as undergraduate nurses at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and have been friends and co-workers ever since. They both had the good fortune of…

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