Rev. ed. of: Wound care / Cathy Thomas Hess. 5th ed. c2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Skin care and wound prevention strategies -- Assessing and documenting chronic wounds -- Types of chronic wounds -- Laboratory values in chronic wound management -- Developing a skin and wound care formulary -- Tissue load management -- Wound care and the regulatory process -- Skin care products -- Skin cleansers -- Liquid skin protectants -- Moisture barriers -- Antifungals and antimicrobials -- Therapeutic moisturizers -- Wound care products: dressings, devices, and drugs -- Dressings and devices -- Alginates -- Antimicrobials -- Collagens -- Composites -- Contact layers -- Foams -- Hydrocolloids -- Hydrogels -- Specialty absorptives -- Surgical supplies, miscellaneous -- Transparent films -- Wound fillers -- Other products -- Drugs -- Products -- Additional dressings and products -- Abdominal dressing holders and binders -- 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 -- Tapes -- Wound cleansers -- Wound pouches.

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