Wound Dressings

By Aletha Tippett MD Welcome, Colton Mason, to the WoundSource blog forum. I enjoyed your opening blog on cost versus price and love your Healthcare Caffeine image. You are so correct, looking at o...

By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN I had shopped before lockdown and had not needed to go to a supermarket for a while. Before my first big shopping event, I came across this online video: preventin...

By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWCN-AP, CWS, RNFA Should pain management interventions be put in place before debriding a venous ulcer? Without question, yes. Any comprehensive w...

By Sue Hull MSN, RN, CWOCN Here is an idea you will love! What do you do with a blister? You know the problem. You discover a blister. If you don’t do anything, it will probably unroof and be op...

By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS The sheer number of dressings available makes choosing the correct dressing for clients a difficult proposition. Clinicians today have a much wider vari...

By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS Activated charcoal has been used in various types of wound care dressings. Although activated charcoal in itself does not enhance wound healing, it can ...