Vacuum-assisted closure home care training: A process to link education to improved patient outcomes

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Woo, Kevin Y ^a   Sibbald, R Gary ^a,b  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEG ULCER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; SKIN CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 44949185748     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2008.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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