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Surgical Wound Management: Preventing SSI in Colorectal Surgery

By Samantha Kuplicki MSN, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGNCS-BC, CWCN-AP, CWS, RNFA, CFCNSurgical site infections (SSIs) are the most frequent complications in colorectal surgery procedures, with the documented...

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Surgical Site Infections: Current Recommendations and Guidelines

By Samantha Kuplicki MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNGreat news! Data suggest that surgical site infection (SSI) incidence could be halved with implementation of evidence-based interventions....

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Prevention of Surgical Site Infections

By Samantha Kuplicki MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNIdentifying the presence of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) is an important, basic skill for the wound specialist, and even more essential is...

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Classification of Surgical Site Infections

by Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNSurgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common hospital-acquired infections, accounting for 20% of total documented infections each...

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Classifying Skin Care Moisturizing Agents: What Does My Patient Need?

by Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNThere are currently hundreds of skin moisturizing products on the market for clinicians to choose from. It is often difficult to wade...

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How to Select the Appropriate Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Device for Your...

by Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNRecently, we've reviewed application and documentation strategies for NPWT, but what about navigating the different systems currently on the...

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Tips for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Documentation

In my previous blog installment, we touched on some foundational elements of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT). So, now that we are armed with the basics of application, we need to talk about how...

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Basic Training: Applying Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

by Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNWhen I was just starting out in wound care, the truth was I really did not have the first clue about how to apply the NPWT dressing system....

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A Case Study on the Combined Use of an Epidermal Autograft and NPWT

This is the account of a patient case in which technology, clinician experience, and patient adherence converged to save a limb. In August of 2013, a 59 year old female with noninsulin-dependent...

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How to Avoid Product Substitutions with Your DME Provider

by Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNOrdering wound care dressing supplies can prove to be a frustrating task for many providers and clinicians. Unfortunately, I have...

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Surgical Wound Management: Preventing SSI in Colorectal Surgery

By Samantha Kuplicki MSN, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGNCS-BC, CWCN-AP, CWS, RNFA, CFCNSurgical site infections (SSIs) are the most frequent complications in colorectal surgery procedures, with the documented...

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Surgical Site Infections: Current Recommendations and Guidelines

By Samantha Kuplicki MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNGreat news! Data suggest that surgical site infection (SSI) incidence could be halved with implementation of evidence-based interventions....

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Prevention of Surgical Site Infections

By Samantha Kuplicki MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNIdentifying the presence of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) is an important, basic skill for the wound specialist, and even more essential is...

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Classification of Surgical Site Infections

by Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNSurgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common hospital-acquired infections, accounting for 20% of total documented infections each...

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Classifying Skin Care Moisturizing Agents: What Does My Patient Need?

by Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNThere are currently hundreds of skin moisturizing products on the market for clinicians to choose from. It is often difficult to wade...

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How to Select the Appropriate Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Device for Your...

by Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNRecently, we've reviewed application and documentation strategies for NPWT, but what about navigating the different systems currently on the...

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Tips for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Documentation

In my previous blog installment, we touched on some foundational elements of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT). So, now that we are armed with the basics of application, we need to talk about how...

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Basic Training: Applying Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

by Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNWhen I was just starting out in wound care, the truth was I really did not have the first clue about how to apply the NPWT dressing system....

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A Case Study on the Combined Use of an Epidermal Autograft and NPWT

This is the account of a patient case in which technology, clinician experience, and patient adherence converged to save a limb. In August of 2013, a 59 year old female with noninsulin-dependent...

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How to Avoid Product Substitutions with Your DME Provider

by Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCNOrdering wound care dressing supplies can prove to be a frustrating task for many providers and clinicians. Unfortunately, I have...

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