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Understanding Collagen Dressings and their Benefit in Wound Care Complimentary Archived Webcast
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Product News
Product News
Smith & Nephew Launch ACTICOAT™ Flex Dressing
Product News
Talley Group Announces New Addition to the Venturi™ System Portfolio
Talley Group (Romsey Hampshire, United Kingdom) will feature their next generation negative pressure wound therapy system, the Venturi™ Compact, at forthcoming exhibits. Talley Group executives have been listening to and consulting with clinicians to precisely design this smaller unit that is packed with the same functionality as the existing Venturi system with additional features and benefits.
Product News October 2008
Seymour™ Wound Care Model Educates Patients and Providers
With Medicare’s new Prospective Payment System (PPS) for pressure ulcers, wound assessment has become critical. Inaccurate assessment can misdirect the plan of care, affect reimbursement, and cause inaccurate reporting of patient outcomes and the appearance of potentially adverse events.
Product News
Mölnlycke Health Care Adds Products to Wound Care Portfolio
Mölnlycke Health Care (Norcross, Ga) announced the addition of several new products to its current line of advanced wound care products. The company, known previously as the manufacturer of Lyofoam® Foam Dressings, Setopress™ High Compression Bandages, and the Tubigrip™ family of Compression Bandages distributed by ConvaTec (Princeton, NJ) in the United States, was recently afforded the opportunity to add these products to its wound care portfolio.
June 2008
Versiva® XC™ Gelling Foam Dressings Manage Exudate and Minimize Pain
Versiva® XC™ (ConvaTec, Princeton, NJ) Gelling Foam Dressings with Hydrofiber® are now available in both adhesive and nonadhesive formulations for treating acute and chronic wounds.
July 2008
Military Endorses New Dressing Compound Woundstat™ is a newly developed lightweight and granular dressing compound from Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Va) and TraumaCure Inc (Bethesda, Md). The compound received endorsement from the Department of Defense Joint Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care for widespread military use.
The Woundstat is not only moldable, but adheres to irregular wound shapes while quickly stemming high-pressure bleeding in moderate to severe wounds.
The technology is the result of more than 3 years of research and dev
Products News
Melgisorb® Ag Ionic Silver Dressing Absorbs More Than Leading Dressings
Mölnlycke Health Care (Norcross, Ga) introduces Melgisorb® Ag, a new antimicrobial ionic silver dressing. The dressing is a nonwoven pad composed of alginate, CMC fibers, and ionic silver. The ionic sliver provides sustained silver release and antibacterial effect up to 4 days. The alginate with the CMC fibers limits maceration to the wound due to low lateral wicking.
February 2006
3M Launches Tegaderm™ Ag Mesh Dressing with Silver
3M (St. Paul, Minn) announces the launch of 3M Tegaderm™ Ag Mesh Dressing with Silver, a new wound care product with fast-acting, long-lasting antimicrobial barrier effectiveness against a wide range of microbes, including antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE*).
May 2006
New CPT and HCPCS J Codes Assigned to OASIS® Wound Matrix
Healthpoint (Fort Worth, Tex) announces that as of January 1, 2006, the American Medical Association has released 2 new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)® Codes that are relevant to the application of OASIS® products. In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has introduced a new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II code relevant to OASIS products.
The new code descriptions are:
November 2006
SURGICEPT™ Waterless Handwash is Effective Against Viruses
Healthpoint (Fort Worth, Tex) announces that SURGICEPT™ Waterless Surgical Hand Antiseptic, the latest addition to the Healthpoint asepsis product line for healthcare personnel hand washing, kills viruses in addition to fighting bacteria as reported in study results presented during the 46th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy held in San Francisco, Calif, September 27–30, 2006.
Press Release
ConvaTec and Boehringer Technologies Announce License Agreement
ConvaTec Acquires Exclusive Worldwide Rights for a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System
SKILLMAN, NJ (December 18, 2008) — ConvaTec, a world-leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, announced today it has signed a long-term global exclusive license agreement with Boehringer Technologies to market and distribute Boehringer’s Engenex® Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) System incorporating Bio-Dome™ Interface Technology.
WOUNDS News Wire
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CME Showcase
"Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy"
Upcoming Accredited Webcast Release Date: December 22, 2008 Expiration Date: December 22, 2009 This activity is supported by an educational grant from PamLabs. To register for this Webcast, visit www.naccme.com/program/n-558/ |
"Current Concepts In Healing Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcerations"
Upcoming Live Accredited Webcast with Q&A Noon to 1 p.m. EDT January 20, 2009 Rebroadcasts 7:30-8:30 p.m. EDT 3-4 p.m. EDT This activity is supported by an educational grant from Advanced Biohealing. To register for this Webcast, visit www.naccme.com/program/n-550/ |
| MRSA And Diabetic Foot Wounds: Where Do We Go From Here? Accredited Webcast Archive Version available now. This activity is supported by an educational grant from Pfizer. This activity is sponsored by the North American Center For Continuing Medical Education (NACCME). |
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PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE (PAD) AND CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA (CLI): Managing Vascular and Wound Healing Challenges with Current and Emerging Technologies Maintenance Debridement: A New Look at Science and Art Accredited Webcast with Q&A: November 17, 2008 at 3:00pm EST This activity is supported by an educational grant from HealthPoint Ltd. |
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