According to the National Institute of Health, a stalled wound refers to a wound that has entered a nonhealing or intransigent phase. This can occur as a progression of an acute wound to one of chronicity dictated by events within the wound milieu or following alterations in host immunity. In this episode of What Wound You Do? Andy and Tifanie discuss best practices and scenarios around assessing and reassessing stalled wounds. Listen to learn more about the products to use and avoid along with best practices and techniques. By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcas ..read more

Back for another season - Today Andy and Tifanie discuss periwound care, a topic provided by another VNAHG wound expert Stella. The periwound area extends about 1.5 inches from the edges of a wound. It includes fragile skin that has been impacted by a wound. Listen to learn more about the products to use and avoid along with best practices and techniques. By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others, including but not limited to patients that you are treating. Consult your own physician for any me ..read more

Join Tifanie and Andy as they discuss physician recommendations vs. physician orders - what they are, when you need one, and what to do after receiving it.  By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others, including but not limited to patients that you are treating. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having ..read more

Join Andy and Tifanie in this week's episode of What Wound You Do? as they discuss Skin Tears, the good, the bad, and the preferred products and techniques.  By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others, including but not limited to patients that you are treating. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having ..read more

Join Tifanie and Andy as they continue the Product Profile series, digging into the specific product use and results. Today they'll be discussing OptiLock. OptiLock is a super absorbent polymer core dressing. It takes in a remarkable amount of wound fluid — even under compression — and locks it away to help prevent maceration. Even more, this wound dressing is non-adhesive, meaning minimal disruption to the wound and gentle, pain-free removal. OptiLock can be used as a primary dressing on partial-thickness and full-thickness wounds, such as: pressure, venous or neuropathic ulcers; post-operati ..read more

Join Tifanie and Andy as they continue the Product Profile series, digging into the specific product use and results. Today they'll be discussing InterDry. InterDry with FourFold Technology™ is an innovative moisture-wicking fabric with antimicrobial silver proven to provide complete symptom relief by simultaneously targeting all four causes of intertrigo; moisture, friction, bacteria, and fungus. (source: https://interdry.coloplast.us/#aboutInterDry) By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others ..read more

Join Tifanie and Andy as they begin the Product Profile series, digging into the specific product use and results. Today they'll be discussing Drawtex. Drawtex is a hydroconductive wound dressing with LevaFiber Technology. LevaFiber is a combination of two types of absorbent differentiated structures that creates the ability to draw exudate away from the wound surface. Drawtex tracheostomy and tube dressing is designed specifically for application around a tracheostomy tube after tracheostomy surgery. The keyhole aperture in the dressing allows it to fit neatly around a tracheostomy tube or ot ..read more

Join Andy and Tifanie in this week's episode of What Wound You Do? as they discuss Palliative Wound Care, the importance, the misconceptions, and the best practices.  By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others, including but not limited to patients that you are treating. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having ..read more

Are you interested in learning more about incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD)? In this episode of What Wound You Do?, Tifanie and Andy discuss incontinence care, and the products to help combat IAD. What products do you use when your patient has IAD? By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others, including but not limited to patients that you are treating. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having ..read more

Have you ever wondered about the products we use and recommend in the wound department and why? In this episode of What Wound You Do? Tifanie and Andy will be discussing all things PluroGel and Santyl. By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others, including but not limited to patients that you are treating. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having ..read more