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Wound management is a significant and growing issue worldwide. Knowledge of dressing products and clinical expertise in dressing selection are two major components in holistic wound management to ensure evidence-based wound care. With expanding global market of dressing products, there is need to update clinician knowledge of dressing properties in wound care. Optimal wound management depends on accurate patient assessment, wound diagnosis, clinicians' knowledge of the wound healing process and properties of wound dressings. We conducted a comprehensive review of the physical properties of wound dressing products, including the advantages and disadvantages, indications and contraindications and effectiveness of first-line interactive/bioactive dressing groups commonly used in clinical practice. These include semipermeable films, foams, hydroactives, alginates, hydrofibers, hydrocolloids, and hydrogels. In making decisions regarding dressing product selection, clinicians need to ensure a holistic assessment of patient and wound etiology, and understand dressing properties when making clinical decisions using wound management guidelines to ensure optimal patient outcomes. This review has highlighted there is lack of high quality evidence and the need for future well designed trials.

Patients using PolyMem also benefit from its pain relieving properties, which are directly related to PolyMem’s influence upon the nociceptor response, even over intact skin (Cutting et al., 2015). The ability of PolyMem to focus and control inflammation makes it particularly useful for closed tissue injuries, including stage I and Deep Tissue Pressure Injuries (Benskin, 2018). [...]of her extensive experience using PolyMem on well over one thousand patients, LB became so passionate about the benefits of these unique dressings that she is currently an employee of Ferris Mfg. L.(2016).Polymeric Membrane Dressings for Topical Wound Management of Patients With Infected Wounds in a Challenging Environment: A Protocol With 3 Case Examples.Ostomy Wound Manage62,42–50. doi:10.25270/owm.2016.6.4250 BenskinL.

A meta‐analysis was performed to assess the effect of different wound dressing materials used in the postoperative treatment of wounds after total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA). A systematic literature search up to January 2022 incorporated 16 trials involving 2765 subjects after THA or TKA at the beginning of the study: 1447 were using active and interactive dressings, and 1318 were using passive dressings. The statistical tools like the dichotomous or continuous method were used within a random or fixed‐influence model to establish the odds ratio (OR) and mean difference (MD) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to evaluate the influence of different wound dressing materials used in postoperative treatment of wounds after THA and TKA. Active and interactive dressings had significantly lower overall wound complications (OR, 0.32; 95% CI, 0.26–0.40, P < 0.001), number of dressing changes (MD, −1.53; 95% CI, −2.09 to −0.96, P < 0.001), and early dressing change need (OR, 0.14; 95% CI, 0.04–0.47, P = 0.002) compared with passive dressings for subjects after THA and TKA. Active and interactive dressings had significantly lower overall wound complications, the number of dressing changes, and early dressing change need compared with passive dressings for subjects after THA and TKA. Furthermore, evidence is needed to confirm the outcomes.

Novel interactive and thermoresponsive interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) films, which are transparent, permeable to oxygen, and have the potential to be easily stripped from a wound bed, were synthesised using rapid photopolymerisation and crosslinking of DEAAm in the presence of chitosan. This study provides the first evaluation and optimisation of a UV-polymerised chitosan–PDEAAm IPN composite film for application in wound dressings. FTIR spectroscopy and DSC analysis were used to initially characterise the resulting films. Modulated differential scanning calorimetry results showed that the dressings exhibited lower critical solution temperatures in the desired range, while the samples were also observed to undergo temperature-dependent swelling behaviour. This thermosensitive property would potentially allow the dressings to be easily detachable, which would enable frequent dressing changes if desired without causing further injury to healing tissues. Furthermore, the water content values recorded are in the typical and desired ranges for commercial wound dressings.

For Level 3 Hairdressing students on NVQ, SVQ and VRQ courses. A genuinely new and innovative way for students to study hairdressing, this new textbook is supported with extensive multimedia material and activities at no extra cost. Some books include a few videos and basic materials, but this title comes with over 150 free online resources and activity screens with which to improve learning. Online questions are also included as well as links to other resources such as images, animations and videos. The elearning resources are included in every chapter to complement the textbook content and will help students from the start of their qualification until they pass their final exams. Introduction, Monitor procedures, Consultation services, Promote products and services, Client services, Financial services, Creatively cut hair, Colour hair, Colour correction, Creatively style and dress hair, Creatively dress long hair, Develop creative skills, Design and create facial hair shapes, Creatively cut using barbering techniques, Provide shaving services, Glossary Alison Read and Charlotte Church work with ATT Training to produce the best multimedia blended eLearning materials available for hairdressing training. They have achieved this by working with the best hairdressers, product manufacturers and salons, as well as great colleges and training centres.

Infection levels in mothers after cesarean sections were reduced at a California hospital with a remarkably simple fix: providing the right size bandage so too-large ones didn’t have to be cut by hand. Superficial surgical site infections (SSIs) were partly responsible for increasing readmissions each year, and they were becoming more common with an increasing number of cesarean sections, explains Lauren Korrub, RN, BSN, clinical nurse at the hospital. The team also introduced a container of hand sanitizing wipes to the patient’s bedside table, accounting for the fact that cesarean section patients are confined to bed for days and can’t easily wash or sanitize their hands in the bathroom or with the hand sanitizer on the wall.

\"The pandemic hit and we were in the middle of our remodel in our main dining space, and the question came up of whether we'd put a self-serve salad bar back in,\" says Kevin Steffes, Carle Health Director of Food and Nutrition. (While the main dining space is under construction, customers can still get hot, made-to-order food at Carle's North Side Cafe, which was remodeled a few years earlier.) Steffes opted to put a second Sally at the South Clinic coffee bar on the other side of Carle's Urbana, Illinois campus, since that area had been lacking in fresh food options. Sally, a product of Chowbiotics by DoorDash, has 22 refrigerated canisters filled with a variety of fresh salad ingredients like leafy greens, fresh vegetables, diced eggs, chicken, shredded cheese, and salad dressings. [...]with staffing shortages affecting Carle just like other foodservice operations across the country, having automated service is a big help.