React to Moisture’, a new interactive training resource that supports care home staff in preventing and managing moisture lesions (incontinence-related dermatitis), has been launched by the Trust.
Tissue Viability Specialist Nurses developed the resource, containing a training DVD, competencies, a patient leaflet and poster, with advice from the Specialist Continence Service. It aims to provide the knowledge and skills required for care home staff to feel confident in identifying, preventing and managing moisture lesions. Although primarily aimed at care homes, it is transferrable to any health care setting. [Includes contact details for health professionals interested in the pack]
Unfortunately SSOTP do not plan to take library services from the SSSFT library services during 2017/18. Sadly this means that we will be discontinuing this weekly bulletin. If you are an SSSFT member of staff subscribed to this bulletin, please reply to this email letting us know what areas of the update you are interested in and we can discuss the best way of keeping you updated in this area.
Unfortunately SSOTP do not plan to take library services from the SSSFT library services during 2017/18. Sadly this means that we will be discontinuing this weekly bulletin. If you are an SSSFT member of staff subscribed to this bulletin, please reply to this email letting us know what areas of the update you are interested in and we can discuss the best way of keeping you updated in this area.
We’ve just heard that SSOTP will not be renewing their agreement with SSSFT LKS for library services for this financial year. Because of this we will be reviewing our Be Aware bulletins. Sadly we won’t be accepting any new sign-ups from SSOTP staff and will be withdrawing some of the physical healthcare bulletins that we…
Patients in Copeland are now far less likely to suffer from pressure ulcers thanks to a successful training and awareness programme for health and social care staff.
This article outlines the technique for dressing a minor burn. The nurse should be aware of national burn care referral guidance, and have the knowledge and skills to establish the severity and extent of a burn. The nurse should also be able to determine whether referral to a regional specialist centre is required. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Come and visit our first pop-up library at Severn Fields, Shrewsbury 19th July 11.00am-3.00pm. Join the library, borrow and return books, get help finding information and evidence, set up an Athens account, find out what the library can do for you and your team.
A chronic wound is usually defined as any wound that has not healed for six weeks or more. In the UK, about 200,000 people are experiencing a chronic wound at any one time, with an estimated annual cost to the NHS of around £4 billion.
According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) the selection of dressings is hindered by the relative lack of clinical evidence, while the prescription of advanced dressing, such as hydrocolloids, alginates, hydrofibre and antimicrobial dressings, for chronic wounds account for about £110 million a year in primary care in England. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Two £25 vouchers are up for grabs in the library’s ‘Making the Most of Information’ survey.
To take part, just visit http://goo.gl/AdN4ok by Friday 19th February.
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