Optimising wound care in the UK and Ireland: A best practice statement

Wounds UK

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 73-81

  Fletcher, Jacqui ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best practice statement; Care pathway; Optimising wound care; Wound care service provision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; IRELAND; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PODIATRIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS MONITORING; STAFF TRAINING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 58149188081     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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