Wound Assessment and Management – Step by Step Guide

‘Accurate wound assessment and effective wound management requires an understanding of the physiology of wound healing, combined with knowledge of the actions of the dressing products available. It is essential that an ongoing process of assessment, clinical decision making, intervention and documentation occurs to facilitate optimal wound healing…’ …

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Mumbai: Doctors transferred, terminated after 3 lose eye in cataract surgery

American Academy of Ophthalmologist: Image Credit The medical superintendent of civic-run Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care Hospital was demoted and transferred on Monday, while the services of an honorary eye surgeon were terminated

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Bone fragment stuck to surgical tool provided early clue to hospital’s cleaning woes

By John Ingold Officials at Porter Adventist Hospital first learned of possible trouble with its processes for cleaning surgical instruments as early as last April, when a doctor in the

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