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1 min When gentle matters most: a parents’ guide for children recovering from partial thickness (second degree) burns
This guide is for parents and carers, to help you understand and support your child’s healing journey, from hospital care to recovery at home.
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3 min Understanding, preventing and managing skin tears
Skin tears are painful and distressing injuries that occur more often than people may realise. Unfortunately, a lack of awareness about what causes skin tears can lead to misidentification and mistreatment which in turn, can lead to pain and suffering.
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4 min Addressing skin tone bias in wound assessment
The Skin Tone I.D.TM by Mölnlycke® supports accurate skin assessment
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2 min Managing exudate, making laboratory testings clinically relevant
An article from the International Wound Journal highlights the critical role of utilising data from clinically relevant laboratory tests and well-structured clinical studies in the dressing selection process.
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1 min What is a venous leg ulcer?
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1 min What can I do to heal my venous leg ulcer?
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1 min Why is compression important?
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2 min Support your healing by making the right choices
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1 min How to lower risk of infection
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1 min How can I tell if I have an infection?
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5 min Rethinking surgical incision care
Undisturbed wound healing (UWH) in post-surgical settings is a key focus for rethinking surgical incision care. UWH is a principle that reduces patient mortality, improves recovery time, increases patients’ quality of life and reduces costs¹.
- Wound care
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5 min Cost-effectiveness of burn dressings
Cost-effectiveness is an important factor in implementing a treatment regimen for burns. Burn care is associated with high costs, but it is important to look beyond price-per-unit to consider the total cost of care and cost savings realised by fewer dressing changes, less nursing time required, and fewer pain relief medications.
- Wound care
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4 min Burn dressings for children burn patients
Burn injuries are a significant concern in the paediatric population, with children being particularly susceptible due to their natural curiosity and developing motor skills. Scalds are notably prevalent among young children. Specialised care and gentle wound dressings are needed to care for paediatric burn patients.
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3 min Characteristics of an ideal burn dressing
Burn wounds are complex and require specialist, multidisciplinary, and comprehensive care. To secure the best chances of healing, it’s important to consider burn dressing choice. The ideal burn dressing combines concern for supporting undisturbed healing, fostering a positive patient experience and comfort, and positive clinical outcomes with the need to avoid complications that can lead to increased morbidity and mortality.
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5 min Minimising risk of infection in burn care
Burn injuries compromise the skin's integrity, exposing patients to a heightened risk of infection, which can impede healing and increase morbidity and mortality. Implementing effective measures for minimising risk of infection, such as dressing selection, antimicrobial dressings, and a new approach to dressing-change protocols, is critical.
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4 min Making burn treatment less painful
Burn injuries affect millions globally each year and present trauma in the form of physical and psychological challenges during the healing process. The pain and trauma associated with burn treatments, particularly during dressing changes and also for those with sensitive and fragile skin, such as children and the elderly, is a focus of recent advancements in burn care, emphasising the importance of minimising pain to promote effective healing and improve patient outcomes.
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5 min The impact of venous leg ulcers and “leaky legs”
The chronic nature of venous leg ulcers (VLU) means that the cycle of skin healing followed by breakdown and potential for infection can repeat – sometimes over decades. This creates quality of life issues for patients1, in particular because of physical symptoms, which can be both painful and embarrassing.
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3 min Tips and tricks to prevent pressure injuries in the OR: Setting up and running an OR pressure injury prevention programme
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3 min Tips and tricks to prevent pressure injuries in the OR: practical steps for nurses and nurse managers
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2 min Tips and tricks to prevent pressure injuries in the OR: criteria for assessing patient risk
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2 min Wound exudate: how to assess and manage exuding wounds for the best patient outcomes
Exudate – or wound fluid – plays a vital part in the natural wound healing process, but how do you manage exudate to get the best patient outcomes?
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3 min What is patient engagement and why is it important for individuals with chronic wounds?
Engaged patients are the patients we would all like to be – informed, involved and motivated participants in our own care. For individuals suffering with chronic wounds, where treatment is ongoing, this approach may be particularly valuable.
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2 min Venous Leg Ulcers and the never ending problem of leakage
Living with the distressing consequences of leakage from a venous leg ulcer (VLU) can undoubtedly significantly diminish a patient's quality of life. Individuals enduring the challenges of highly exuding wounds, such as VLUs, deserve a higher quality of healthcare. The disruptive effects of exudate leakage on daily life should no longer be tolerated. Change is coming…
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3 min Wound cleansing and irrigation as a prerequisite for healing: how to clean wounds, why it matters, what type of solution to use
Without wound cleansing, which includes irrigation or mechanical rinsing of the wound bed, healing may be severely compromised. This vital aspect of wound care is the first step in promoting the natural healing process.
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4 min How to understand and treat Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) and make dressing less distressing for patients
EB is a rare, inherited group of skin disorders characterised by extreme skin fragility. It is estimated to affect around 500,000 patients worldwide¹.
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4 min How being skin tear aware can help patients and clinicians understand and manage skin tears
Skin tears are painful and distressing injuries that occur more often than people may realise. Unfortunately, a lack of awareness about what causes skin tears can lead to misidentification and mistreatment which in turn, can lead to pain and suffering.
- Wound care
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4 min Venous leg ulcers: Comprehensive management and care
Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) and chronic venous insufficiency require comprehensive management and care in order to heal, including clinical strategies and treatments drawn from guidelines and consensus recommendations.
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4 min The impact of venous leg ulcers on patient quality of life
Venous leg ulcers can have a significant effect on patient quality of life. How can VLU management become better to improve patient quality of life and minimise the burden to healthcare systems? A Wounds International article explores the connection between venous ulcer management and patient quality of life.
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5 min How universal patient assessment can help minimise post-surgical complications: the simplified Surgical Site Event Risk Assessment (SSERA) model
This article explores the clinical and economic value of a universal assessment for surgical patients across all major procedures. It then proposes a simplified risk assessment framework to identify those patients most likely to benefit from post-operative interventions such as the use of incisional negative pressure therapy.
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6 min Procurement’s role in reducing the total cost of wound care
Seek partnership, not just products, for a strategic mix of high-performing solutions, clinician support and health-economic insights.
- Wound care
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2 min Prevention and first-aid measures for burns
Burns happen to people every day all over the world. But most burns are preventable, and by knowing the best way to treat a burn with first aid it's often possible to reduce their severity.
- Wound care
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1 min Management of pressure ulcers
It is essential that for a patient with a pressure ulcer, a pressure ulcer risk assessment must be undertaken using a validated risk assessment scale. This should be done on an ongoing basis.
- Wound care
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3 min Pressure ulcer wound assessment and staging*
Pressure ulcer severity assessment is based on the International NPIAP/EPUAP pressure ulcer classification system and requires the clinician to determine the depth of the injury based on visual inspection of the wound.
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2 min Aetiology of pressure ulcers*
The development of a pressure ulcer is a complex interaction between extrinsic factors (environment) and intrinsic factors (patient related).
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2 min International Wound Dressing Technology Expert Panel
Disclaimer: The research described on this website has been, or is being conducted by members of the International Wound Dressing Technology Expert Panel (iWDTEP). The iWDTEP consists of consultants paid by Mölnlycke Health Care AB (Gothenburg, Sweden). Mölnlycke has not controlled (or regulated) the research carried out by the members of the iWDTEP.
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5 min Topical oxygen therapy with Granulox®
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4 min Diabetic foot ulcers: Treatment, management, and care
Examining how diabetic foot ulcers are diagnosed, treated, and managed, taking a holistic approach to the patient’s individual wound and needs.
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5 min Diabetic foot ulcers: Causes, risks, and epidemiology
Examining the causes, risk factors, and epidemiology of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), a serious complication of diabetes, and approaches to prevention and management period.
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6 min Post-operative wound dressings and undisturbed incision healing
Successful surgical outcomes depend on appropriate post-operative care, undisturbed wound healing and choice of post-op dressing. Surgical care does not end when the surgery ends. What can your post-operative dressing and dressing protocol do to help optimise healing?
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6 min Post-operative wound dressings and undisturbed incision healing
Successful surgical outcomes depend on appropriate post-operative care, undisturbed wound healing and choice of post-op dressing. Surgical care does not end when the surgery ends. What can your post-operative dressing and dressing protocol do to help optimise healing?
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3 min Expert interview: How to get the support of hospital executives for pressure injury prevention interventions
Mölnlycke recently spoke to a doctor in Australia and a professor of nursing in the Czech Republic to learn how clinicians can best go about getting endorsement from hospital executives for pressure injury prevention interventions.
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2 min Expert interview: How can clinicians engage procurement and finance stakeholders in implementing a pressure injury prevention programme?
As part of a recent investigation into pressure injury prevention, Mölnlycke asked this and related questions to Benedict Stanberry, an expert in health economics.
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4 min How to look after your wound
What do you need to know to look after your wound at home? This page guides you through the process of changing your wound dressings safely.
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5 min Venous leg ulcers: Clinical understanding and epidemiology
Venous leg ulceration and chronic venous insufficiency represent a significant health problem throughout the world. Compression therapy is key to successful management¹.
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3 min Burn scar treatment
We know that burn scars can affect your quality of life. They can cause discomfort and itching, and they may also make you feel self-conscious. It’s not always easy to return to your daily life and activities, but there is a lot you can do to prevent and reduce hypertrophic scars.
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5 min Safetac®: the innovation that changed wound care forever
With the invention of Safetac, Mölnlycke revolutionised wound care, introducing a range of groundbreaking dressings specifically designed to minimise pain at dressing change. Discover how Safetac technology can benefit you and your patients.
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