Wound Care

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Time for action on Australia's hidden epidemic

HealthTimes - 18-02-2022

Wounds Australia has used the Federal Government’s pre-Budget submission process to call for all political parties to commit to solutions that solve the ‘hidden

 
Simple steps can reduce risk of chronic wounds

HealthTimes - 13-08-2021

Caring for your skin as it gets older can help reduce the risk of chronic wounds that cause physical, emotional and financial burdens. Bolton Clarke Senior Clinical

 
Imaging offers early alert for chronic wound care

HealthTimes - 02-07-2021

New research shows thermal imaging techniques can predict whether a wound needs extra management, offering an early alert system to improve chronic wound care.

 
Aged care royal commission a failure for wound care

HealthTimes - 31-03-2021

Wounds Australia, the peak body for chronic wound prevention and management, says the Royal Commission into Aged Care has been an “almost complete failure” for

 
Should GPs charge for bandages or dressings?

Health Times - 12-02-2021

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt recently ruled out

 
Quality of care - not setting - key to wound healing

Health Times - 05-02-2021

People receiving evidence-based wound care at home for venous leg ulcers achieved similar healing rates to those attending a specialist wound care clinic, new research shows.

 
Treating people with chronic wounds

Health Times - 10-08-2020

The nation’s peak body for wound prevention and management, Wounds Australia, is hoping to leverage the public’s high trust ranking of healthcare specialists to

 
New wound-healing research project wins NASA tick of approval

Health Times - 11-06-2020

A group of Australian scientists has caught the attention of NASA with a novel technology development that could potentially heal wounds in days rather than weeks without

 
'Early warning' for hard to heal wounds

HealthTimes - 07-06-2019

Some 500,000 Australians live with the daily burden of a wound that does not heal, but a risk assessment tool that provides an ‘early warning’ of which venous

 
New WHO strategy aims to halve the global impact of snakebite

HealthTimes - 28-02-2019

A new World Health Organization (WHO) strategy aims to halve the impact of snakebite, which affects 5.4 million people globally each year, kills up to 138 000 and leaves 400

 

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