Tissue Viability

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Tissue Viability

Tissue Viability by Sylvie Hampton and Fiona Collins - the prevention, treatment and management of wounds

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Tissue Viability book by Sylvie Hampton and Fiona Collins provides a comprehensive and extensive overview of tissue viability matters ranging from wound prevention through management to treatments.

The book has 14 chapters that are dedicated to different aspect within tissue viability. It provides the reader with a balanced mixture of evidence-based wound care nursing and a reality based experience of wound care. Whilst the authors concentrate on the technical and scientific aspect of wound healing, they also consider important aspects of holistic patient assessment and provide a guidance on the prevention and treatment of individual patient wounds with examples, case studies and anecdotes.

The Tissue Viability book covers topics such as prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, pressure sores, wound treatments, leg ulcer treatments, undertaking of clinical audit, ethics relevant to tissue viability and wound care matters as well as look at the role of specialist nurses in effective wound care. The readers will also be able to benefit from an audit tool, which has been developed to offer a method of undertaking prevalence audit that is very useful to tissue viability nurses in hospital trusts, nursing homes and in community services. Advances in wound managements and microbiology of wounds are also covered in details with specific focus on antibiotic resistance and antiseptic resistance.

The broad scope of the Tissue Viability book is designed to assist all healthcare practitioners - nurses, doctors, physiotherapists and occupational therapists - in developing a solid and practical knowledge based on research and understanding of wound care, leading to good practice and the development of high quality tissue viability services.

Tissue Viability - dedication and knowledge can make a difference in effective wound healing!

Tissue Viability by Sylvie Hampton and Fiona Collins - a comprehensive learning package for everyone involved with prevention, managements and treatment of all types of wounds.

ISBN: 1 86156 237 3

Whurr Publishers

First published: 2004

Reprinted: 2005