BookCathy Thomas Hess.
Summary: "Get informed on the numerous skin and wound care products on the market - and make safe and accurate choices for your patients - with this crucial product guide. Choose the best skin and wound care products to support your patients' skin health and wound healing, with Product Guide to Skin and Wound Care, 8th Edition. Listing more than 294 products in alphabetical order, this handy product guide for wound care practitioners across all practice settings offers detailed information - sizes, action, indications, contraindications, application, and removal information - so that your choices stay informed and accurate. A must for wound care nurses, this pocket guide also offers vital on-the-spot support for home healthcare, emergency, family practice, and dermatology nurses, as well as physical therapists. Know the purpose and use of skin and wound care products, to assist in the proper product choice, usage, and documentation. This new edition has a softcover format that fits easily in your coat pocket for on-the-go information access. There are new products to update your formulary choices, including sizes, action, indication, application and removal. Offers concise reviews of the many skin and wound care products now available - including collagens, hydrocolloids, antifungals and antimicrobials, liquid skin protectants, moisture barriers, and other skin care products. There are newly enhanced full-color manufacturer photos of each product. Offers the characteristics, function, and use of skin and wound care dressings, drugs, and devices, including correct classification of a particular condition. Offers an Alphabetical Wound Care Product Guide that illustrates product information detailing action, indications, contraindications, application, and removal; reimbursement codes for products provided by manufacturers; and many product references supporting products. Provides information on products that may contain ingredients that can cause allergic reactions. Provides help in mixing products correctly, explaining which ingredients should not be mixed with certain other ingredients. Wound care product categories include alginates, antimicrobials, cellular and tissue-based products, collagens, composites, contact layers, drugs, foams, hydrocolloids, hydrogels, negative pressure wound therapy, specialty absorptives, surgical dressings, transparent films, wound fillers, and other devices and products. Offers a comprehensive listing of additional products such as abdominal dressing holders and binders, compression bandage systems, conforming bandages, elastic bandage rolls, impregnated gauzes, nonimpregnated gauzes, packing strips, tapes and wound cleansers. A must-have for any wound care practitioner as it provides you with the easy-to-reference product details needed to move your practice forward and stay at the forefront of your field."--from the publisher description.
Contents:
Part I. Wound care products
Alginates
Antimicrobials
Cellular and tissue-based products (CTPs)
Collagens
Composites
Contact layers
Drugs
Foams
Hydrocolloids
Hydrogels
Negative pressure wound therapy
Specialty absorptives
Surgical supplies, Miscellaneous
Transparent films
Wound fillers
Other products
Part II. Skin care products and additional dressings and products
Antifungals and antimicrobials
Compression bandage systems
Conforming bandages
Elastic bandage rolls
Gauze, impregnated with other than water, normal saline, or hydrogel, without adhesive border
Gauze, impregnated with water or normal saline, without adhesive border
Gauze, nonimpregnated, with adhesive border
Gauze, nonimpregnated, without adhesive border
Liquid skin protectants
Moisture barriers
Skin cleaners
Surgical dressing holder, non-reusable, each
Tapes
Therapeutic moisturizers
Wound cleansers.