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News & clinical tips

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Problems with condom catheter long term use

A Turkish report states that up to 40% of long term condom catheter (urodome) users will develop a UTI. As many as 15% will experience skin injuries including inflammation, ulceration and necrosis. Ozkan,HS; Irkoren,S; Sivrioglu,N  Penile strangulation and necrosis due to condom catheter. Int Wound J 2015;12:248-249  

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My Aged Care Roadshow

Having concluded my most recent education roadshow for the aged care sector, I have learned that theorectical content is of greatest value when linked to a real clinical story. Then in reliving the story nurses are more likely to recall the factual data, which is then

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Falls prevention is also wound prevention

The NSW Falls Prevention Program is a practical resource for every patient and resident care facility which when implemented may well reduce both the number and severity of falls. The link is : http://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/258468/hosp-falls-prevent-strategies-june-2013.pdf The image is of an injury to the knee of a patient on

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A better understanding of scarring

Nast and colleagues recently wrote about how silicone products can improve a scar's presentation, along with reducing the risk of hypertrophic scar formation or helping accelerate its resolution. This of course has relevance for those individuals with a predisposition to abnormal scarring such as those

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Seasons Greetings

Thank you to all my friends and colleagues for your marvellous support for The Wound Guy throughout the year. I am looking forward to sharing a fabulous 2017 with you all and wish each of you a happy festive season as 2016 draws to its close. Kind

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