Jennifer Hurlow and colleagues recently wrote in Advances in Wound Care an excellent overview of the current understanding of biofilms and their management. I particularly enjoyed the section on "take-home messages" where the following statement was made
A/Prof Geoff Sussman's excellent presentation at the 2016 Wounds Australia Conference has been reproduced in the December 2016 edition of Wound Practice and Research. Geoff discusses the matter of antimicrobial resistance and he reaffirms the WHO 2014 statement that
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
The UK's Lindsay Leg Club network reports that : 1. Leg ulcers are half as likely to recur in Leg Club Members as in other leg ulcer suffers in the UK 2. The majority of healed ulcers within the network achieve healing in 2 months 3. The Leg
Kristin Osborn is a specialist lymphoedema & lipoedema therapist in Newcastle NSW. She is a member of the Australasian Lymphology Association and a regular presenter on this subject throughout the Hunter region. Kristin has kindly consented to having her contact details and website address added
I am thrilled to announce that from mid December 2016 I am joining the Mt Wilga Private Hospital team for two days per week as educator and clinician in wound, continence and lymphoedema management. The Wound Guy enterprise continues to expand and the alliance with
Thank you to Uniting and Molnlycke for inviting me to present to a very motivated and dedicated team of RNs. When I think of so many of our aged residents, I am reminded of the quote by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross : "The most beautiful people we have known
I had the great privilege of being the Master of Ceremonies for the Inaugural Wounds Australia Conference in Melbourne over November 10 to 12. My congratulations to Geoff Sussman, Andrea Minnis, Leanne Gollasch and their amazing teams for the program design and impeccable organization of the
"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience." Hyman Rickover
Thank you to 3M for organising a forum where I could join my mentors and peers in a presentation to Health Minister Sussan Ley concerning the necessity to fund both products and expertise for the management and prevention of venous leg ulcers. A great initiative