Welcome to our Wound Care blog.
Blog posts
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Prontosan® Debridement Pad | Before and After
Read MoreThe Prontosan® Debridement Pad is intended to support the soft mechanical debridement of chronic wounds in combination with Prontosan® Wound Irrigation Solution.
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Award Winners! Integrating a Wound Cleansing Pathway into standard care.
Read MoreThe Doncaster Skin Integrity Team recently received a Bronze JWC award in the Infection and Biofilm category for their work on their local Wound Cleansing Pathway.
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The role of Prontosan® in a pathway for biofilm based wound care
Read MoreAnita Kilroy-Findley, Clinical Lead Tissue Viability, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, shares her experience of using the Prontosan in a pathway for biofilm based wound care.
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The Use of Prontosan Solution and Prontosan Debridement Pad in Kyperkeratosis on the Foot
Read MoreBeth Williams, High Risk Podiatrist, Manchester Local Care Organisation, shares her experience of using Prontosan Debridement Pad. This is adapted from an article originally presented at Wounds UK 7th – 9th November 2022
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Clinical experience of the Prontosan® Debridement Pad
Read MoreIn 2021 an article reviewed 111 responses which were collected from 56 clinicians over a broad range of specialties including leg ulcer clinic staff, podiatrists and practice nurses asking their opinion on a microfibre debridement pad and how it performed in clinical practice
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Wound Bed Preparation - A Practical Perspective
Read MoreKatie Bennett shares her experiences of using the Prontosan® wound bed preparation system for lower limb wound care.
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Benefits of Debridement Pads in Clinical Practice
Read MoreDuring the inflammatory phase of healing slough and exudate is produced, in chronic wounds excess exudate and the presence of slough can impede healing and contribute to biofilm production. Wound Bed Preparation (WBP) aims in the reduction of debris and bioburden from a wound bed via the removal of devitalised tissue, slough and exudate.
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Aligning treatment to the wound infection continuum – a podiatry perspective
Read MoreKim Wilde, Advanced Podiatrist at the Manchester Local Care Organisation, provides her insight into wound infection when considering the treatment of lower limb and foot wounds.
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Management and prevention of wound infections during Covid-19 - Part Three
Read MoreIn September 2020, we interviewed Louisa Way, Interim Head of Clinical Practice – Falls Prevention, Moving & Handling and Tissue Viability at University Hospitals Dorset, about her experiences of working as a wound care / tissue viability specialist during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here is the final part of the series of videos.
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Management and prevention of wound infections during Covid-19 - Part Two
Read MoreIn September 2020, we interviewed Louisa Way, Interim Head of Clinical Practice – Falls Prevention, Moving & Handling and Tissue Viability at University Hospitals Dorset, about her experiences of working as a wound care / tissue viability specialist during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here is Part Two of the series of videos.
