2008 SAWC/WHS Attendee Registration

2006 Poster Abstracts

251 - Prevalence of silver resistant bacteria isolated from chronic wounds
Steven Percival, PhD, Moses K. Nutekpor , Jayne Dolman, Philip G. Bowler, Christine A. Cochrane, ConvaTec Wound Therapeutics, Deeside, Flintshire, UK

252 - Sensitivity of silver resistant bacteria to silver containing wound dressings
Steven Percival, PhD, Moses K. Nutekpor, Jayne Dolman, Philip G. Bowler, Christine A. Cochrane, ConvaTec Wound Therapeutics, Deeside, Flintshire, UK

253 - A bundled approach to pressure ulcer prevention including pressure-reducing surfaces reduces facility-acquired pressure ulcers
Heidt C, MSN, RN, CNAA, Pechulis K, BSN, RN, Drew J, MSN, RNCS, Pfleger K, BSN, RN, VanGilder C, BS, MT, CCRA, Underwood-Memorial Hospital, Woodbury, NJ

254 - Identification and management of palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia: a case study
Debra J. Peterson, CCRN, MSN, APRN-BC, Eugene R. Worth, MD, MEd, Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, MD, FACHM, FACEP, HWCA, Milwaukee, WI

255 - Building a successful pressure ulcer prevention program
Judy Plemmons, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CDE, Lewis Gale Medical Center and Gentiva, Roanoke, VA

256 - The right choice in ostomy pouch selection
Judy Plemmons, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CDE, Lewis Gale Medical Center and Gentiva, Roanoke, VA

257 - The importance of the team approach to wound care
Leah Quin, RN, CWS

258 - The role of fibroblast senescence in the development and maintenance of chronic wounds
C. Loryman, M.J. Raxworthy, J. Mansbridge

259 - The future is “E”—on-demand access to wound E-education
Mary Regan, PhD, RN, CWS, Smith & Nephew Wound Management Inc., Largo, FL

260 - An antimicrobial silver alginate dressing for the management of chronic wounds
Tracy Rennsion, BSc, Deborah Addison, Michelle Del Bono, Margaret Stedman

261 - Embracing opportunities for nursing eduction: e-Learning
Louanne Rich-vanderBij, MSc, BScN, CWCN, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario

262 - A displaced ventriculo-peritoneal shunt as the cause of a nonhealing wound
Alice Rocke, MD, Donna Finnegan, PA-C

263 - Chronic graft versus host disease ulcerations response to a bi-layered skin substitute*
Catherine Rogers, APRN, BC, CWCN, CWS, John Nielsen, DPM, CWS

264 - Human decellularized dermal matrix and persistance promotes wound closure
Catherine Rogers, APRN, BC, CWCN, CWS

265 - Evaluation of maceration by trans epidermal water loss (TEWL) in patients with venous leg ulcers
Valentina Dini, Francesca Salibra, Cinzia Brilli, Mariastefania Bertone, Marco Romanelli, Department of Dermatology University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

266 - Oasis wound matrix versus hyaluronic acid in the treatment of difficult-to-heal wounds of mixed arterial/venous aethiology
M. Romanelli, V. Dini, C. Brilli, M. Bertone, Wound Healing Research Unit, Department of Dermatology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

267 - Oasis wound matrix versus moist wound dressing in the treatment of difficult-to-heal wounds of mixed arterial/venous aethiology
M. Romanelli, V. Dini, M. Bertone, C. Brilli, Wound Healing Research Unit, Department of Dermatology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

268 - One good turn deserves another: the prevention of nosocomial pressure ulcers at a community hospital
Ann Roney, RN, BSN, MS, CHCNS, CWOCN, Mary Towe, RN, BSN, MBA, Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown, MD

269 - The management of severe infection in oncological wounds in paediatrics: two case studies
Tiziana Del Carlo, CNS, Sara Rowan, CNS, Smith & Nephew, Florence, Italy; Gabriella Casazza, MD, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy

270 - Negative pressure wound therapy: effectiveness in treating draining wounds
Linda McIntire

271 - PDA-based, portable laser scanner measurement of wound size: accuracy and reproducibility
Rachelle Salter, MBChB, BHB, Hamish Love, MBChB, BSc(hons), Mark Nixon, MBChB, Richard Fright, PhD(Eng)

272 - A novel approach to management of complicated wounds with exposed tendon, bone and joint utilizing ultrasound*
Samies JH, Gehling ML, Regional Medical Center Orangeburg and Calhoun Co., Orangeburg, SC

273 - Limb salvage in bilateral ischemic leg ulcers with exposed tendons with ultrasound** and bilayered cell therapy*
Samies, JH, Gehling, ML, Regional Medical Center Orangeburg and Calhoun Co., Orangeburg, SC

274 - Crosscultural adaptation of the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) in chronic leg ulcers: responsiveness and predictive validity
Vera Santos, Andrezza Carla Cavalcanti Pires D’Azevedo, Daisy Cristina Zemke Barreiros, Rosangela Maria Pereira Nogueira, Zilda Soares Melo de Almeida, Zuldimar Barreto Gomes

275 - Crosscultural adaptation of the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) in pressure ulcers: responsiveness
Vera Santos, Mailton Alves da Silva, Maria Augusta Junqueira de Azevedo, Janaina Zambon de Oliveira, Rosangela Schmidt Lombardi