The wound care handbook Mediline Industries - 2nd ed. - Mundelein, IL Mediline Industries 2008 - vii, 522 p : ills.; CD_ROM (inside front cover)

Contents: If not us, who? If not now, when? -- The basics of wound care -- Preventing pressure ulcers -- Nutrition and lab values -- The different types of wounds -- Assessment and documentation -- Wound care for pediatric, burn, bariatric and cancer patients -- Debridement -- Using D.I.M.E.S to your advantage -- Wound care algorithm -- Treatment protocols -- Adjunctive therapies -- Tools for wound healing -- Discharge planning -- Infection prevention -- Wound care certification -- How to develop a wound care team -- Grant writing -- Prevalence & incidence -- Legal issues in wound care -- Joint Commission On Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (Joint Commission) -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) -- National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) -- OASIS in home health care -- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) --New opportunities to improve pressure ulcer prevention and treatment -- American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) guidelines for pressure ulcers -- Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) -- CMS HCPCS guidelines and reimbursement -- Wound care product cross-reference -- Skin care product cross-reference



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