Center for Healing Solutions

Robert J. Klein, DPM, FACFAS, CWS (Glasgow) and Catherine T. Milne, MSN, APRN, ANP/ACNS, CWOCN-AP will list the most common wounds encountered in the post-acute setting and challenges with managing wounds in this setting, and examine patient-centered innovations for comprehensive wound care management in the post-acute settingTo view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit centerforhealingsolutions.com/podcasts.

Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, DAPWCA and Heather Hettrick PT, PhD, CWS, AWCC, CLT-LANA, CLWT, CORE will examine the goals of periwound management and review periwound assessment, and explore periwound skin breakdown prevention and management strategies. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit centerforhealingsolutions.com/podcasts.

Anthony N. Dardano, DO, FACS and Paul J. Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS will examine results from an economic model estimating cost savings with the use of negative pressure wound therapy with instillation vs control therapies in adjunctive management of acute wounds and explore clinical case outcomes using negative pressure wound therapy with instillation with and without a hybrid drape for acute wounds. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit centerforhealingsolutions.com/podcasts.

V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA, FACS, FACC will describe the clinical and economic burden of surgical site complications and surgical site infections, examine the role of closed incision negative pressure wound therapy (ciNPT) for incision management to reduce the incidence of surgical site infections, surgical site complications, hospital readmissions and post-op follow-up appointments, and demonstrate ciNPT efficacy via case and outcome reviews; share best practices and technique tips to manage the surgical site and enhance post-operative recovery. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit centerforhealingsolutions.com/podcasts.

Andrew Grossbach, MD will identify the impact of surgical site complications in posterior spinal surgeries, discuss the importance of incision management, and review the latest evidence showing decreased post-operative surgical site complications. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit centerforhealingsolutions.com/podcasts.

Suzie Ehmann, DPT, CWS, CLT-LANA
, Catherine T. Milne, MSN, APRN, ANP/ACNS, CWOCN-AP, Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS and Philip Wrotslavsky, DPM, FACFAS 
will review the challenges involved with managing various chronic wound types, assess the role of compression and advanced wound care therapies in optimizing chronic wound outcomes, and explore cases illustrating the stepwise approach to managing chronic wounds across practice settings for a variety wound conditions. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit centerforhealingsolutions.com/podcasts.

Amanda Estapa, ACNP-BC, CWS, FACCWS
, Robert J. Klein, DPM, FACFAS, CWS
 and Todd Shaffett, DNP, FNP, CWS, FACCWS, DAPWCA 
will discuss determining when to initiate negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for chronic wound management and examine the science and clinical application, explain the clinical application and best practice use of advanced wound dressings, and explore illustrative cases outlining a stepwise approach to transitioning from NPWT to advanced wound dressings. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit centerforhealingsolutions.com/podcasts.

Kersten Reider, MSN, AGPNP-C, CWOCN and Catherine T. Milne, MSN, APRN, ANP/ACNS, CWOCN-AP will discuss employing a comprehensive patient history and assessment to the plan of care for patients with pressure injury, examine the use of negative pressure wound therapy for pressure injury management in the outpatient setting, examine the features and application of foam dressings in outpatient pressure injury prevention, and explore cases using NPWT and foam dressings in pressure injury management in the outpatient setting. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit centerforhealingsolutions.com/podcasts.

Prinu Gabriel, MS, SM(ASCP), CIC and Kathleen Kohut, MS, BSN, RN, CIC will describe the financial and clinical burden of surgical site infections (SSIs) and bloodstream infections (BSI), review strategies and best practices to reduce the risk of SSIs and BSIs in the perioperative period and the intensive care unit (ICU), describe guidelines and recommended practices that support the strategies to reduce the risk of SSIs and BSIs, and discuss how patient decolonization with nasal povidone iodine contributes to best practice for reducing risk for the patient within the perioperative and ICU environments. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit centerforhealingsolutions.com/podcasts.

Allen Gabriel, MD, FACS will review historical evidence of impact of complications; review the evolution of incision management; and examine the latest technology to reduce SSIs, cases, tips and pearls. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit centerforhealingsolutions.com/podcasts.