Supported by 3M Medical Solutions

Over the last year, skin protection reached new urgency in clinical practice as well as for the general public. The causes of skin injury are diverse, and the etiology of the skin problem must always be correctly identified. This symposia session will highlight the latest evidence on prevention and treatment of IAD, MARSI and MDRPI. At the end of the session, this year’s Safe Skin Award Recipients will be recognized for their award-winning prevention program.

Nutrition plays a huge role in wound healing by providing adequate calories and protein as well as vitamins and minerals. The registered dietitian is a key member of the interdisciplinary health care team involved in the treatment of wounds including burns, pressure injuries, trauma and surgery. Collaborating and communicating with WOC nurses is vital to the dietitian in gaining insight into the details of wound healing and having a more successful outcome for the patient.

This session will explore the pathogenesis, natural history, clinical manifestations, and treatment approaches including medical and surgical interventions, for inflammatory bowel disease. Special attention will be paid to ostomy situations related to this patient population and management considerations.

Do your patients come to you with all the appropriate wound, ostomy, or continence supplies? Do you transition them to the next setting with all the appropriate supplies? Does the type of insurance matter? If you are in home health serving Medicare, Medicare advantage, Medicaid or other commercial patients, an outpatient center, wound center, long term care, or acute care and not sure what supplies are covered by insurance or how to get them ordered then this session is for you. Learn what supplies are covered and how to ensure your patients get what they need for the transition of care to the next setting in the most time efficient and cost effective manner possible. This will not be a product session but a session for you to learn how to access the coverage listings and how to establish what your patient specifically needs and the most expedient way to obtain those products for your patient.

Keeping up with new products and resources that help us provide patient care can be overwhelming for any clinician. That’s why the BUZZ Report is an annual highlight of the Wild On Wound (WOW) Conference and this year, we are happy to share this at our joint conference with WOCN. This session will discuss new BUZZ-worthy products and resources in wound, ostomy, and continence care.

Presented by 11Health & Technologies Inc.

11 Health is a patient led, patient focused healthcare company with a single minded objective to help change ostomy care. The company was started by a long term ostomate, Michael Seres, who had struggled with severe chrone’s disease most of his life resulting in him needed a bowel transplant and requiring an ostomy.

Michael’s experience convinced that a combination of technology and patient to patient support could transform the patient experience by working in partnership with doctors and in particular, WOC Nurses.

The 11 Health proposition is to support the patient remotely using a combination of hi tech and hi touch to extend the hand of care received in-hospital delivered by WOC Nurses. Data is delivered in real time giving the patient and their clinical team actionable insights that make a meaningful difference to patients in terms of reduced ER visits and total re-admissions.

Presented by Abbott Nutrition

Objectives:

• Describe the variables that affect wound healing
• Discuss nutrients essential for wound healing
• Experience Juven through a featured recipe

Presented by Medela LLC

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) has become a cornerstone treatment for complex and hard to heal wounds and its distinct mechanisms of action (MOAs) extensively researched. However, there has been little investigation into the fundamental requirements necessary in an NPWT system to effectively deliver these mechanisms and maximize the therapy’s clinical benefits, as not all devices are the same. In this presentation we will:

• Review the NPWT mechanisms of action.
• Discuss the fundamental requirements of an NPWT system and their role in promoting effective delivery of NPWT
• Discuss the results of a recent publication comparing the ability of System A (Invia® Liberty™ NPWT System, Medela AG) and System B (V.A.C.ULTA™ Therapy System, 3M+KCI) to deliver set levels of NPWT to the wound bed and simultaneously manage volumes of simulated wound fluid.
• Review case study data demonstrating improved patient outcomes using both the Invia® Liberty™ and Invia Motion® NPWT Systems.

Supported by 3M Medical Solutions

New evidence influences health care decisions every day. It is important to stay current with new data and research to deliver impactful patient care. During this session, panelists will discuss their wound healing perspectives and ways they have adapted to change during this pandemic, while demonstrating real-world scenarios and patient case outcomes for the way new data has made a difference in their practice.

Supported by Smith+Nephew

There now exists an array of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy options. Until recently, no established recommendations or guidance existed regarding the type of NPWT system to use. Join this session to learn from Dr. Theresa Hurd and Dr. Rafael Diaz-Garcia, two expert clinicians who contributed to the 2021 publication, International Consensus Panel Recommendations for the Optimization of Traditional and Single-Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Wounds.

Does it sound complicated or overwhelming to implement clinical and operational changes within your institution? This session will allow you to learn first-hand from clinicians that have enacted change and experienced positive results.