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Wounds UK JournalAugust 2005 Volume 1 Issue 2

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Editorials
Promoting 25 years of excellence in wound care
Are you ready to improve standards of care?

Research/Audit
WRAP: defining clinical needs for fluid handling devices
A pilot study to evaluate the potential of SurePress Comfort ®

Education
The link nurse ideology and issues of competency

Diagnosis
Recognising necrotising fasciitis

Review
Silver sulphadiazine: a review of the evidence
Are pressure ulcer grading and risk assessment tools useful?

Product Review
The management of wounds using Silvercel hydroalginate

Case studies
Stages of wound healing: applications in practice
Stimulating granulating tissue in non-healing chronic wounds: the use of Kerraboot

Debate
Sharp debridement: a job for the chosen few?

Comment
Challenging the belief that tissue viability is basic

Meeting reports

Society update

Correspondence
 

Supplement: Moist Wound Healing; Achieving a balance

Articles include:

  • Moist wound healing and the role of moisture retentive dressings
  • Exudate management and wound bed preparation: taking the MOIST approach
  • Moisture retentive dressings and their role in maintaining moisture balance
  • Moist wound healing for the diabetic foot within the context of TIME
  • Foam dressings and compression therapy for venous leg ulcer treatment
  • The Allevyn range of wound dressings: a product focus
  • Plus Case Studies and Key Points for clinical practice