7th International Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention Conference
7:30 – 8:00 Registration8:00 – 9:00 Sponsored Symposium: Placental derived human tissue allografts – form follows function
William Tettelbach, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, MiMedx
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9:00 – 9:15 Break
9.15 – 9.20 Chairs opening remarks
Dr Rachel Webb, Editor Journal of Wound Care
9.20 – 10:15 Biofilm management: myths and reality
Dr Gregory Schultz, Ph.D. Professor Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Director Institute for Wound Research, University of Florida
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:30 Sponsored Symposium: The 2019 JWC International Consensus Document ‘Implementing TIMERS’: a bed-side primer for biofilm intervention and care, what works and what does not
James R. Wilcox, RN, BSN, ACHRN, CWCN, CFCN, CWS, WCC, DWC, FCCWS, DAPWCA, Vice President of Clinical Services, Shared Health Services, The Wound Care Experts, President – Owner
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11.30 – 13:00 Sponsored lunch: Integumentary hygiene and compression – the keys to wound healing and healthy skin
Suzie Ehmann, PT, DPT, CWS, CWLT, CLT-LANA, Clinical specialist, Atrium Health Stanly, Albemarle, North Carolina
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13:00 – 14.00 Hard-to-heal wounds consensus: what this means in clinical practice
Dr Leanne Atkin, Vascular Nurse Specialist, Mid Yorks NHS Trust & Lecturer Practitioner, University of Huddersfield, UK
14:00 – 14:15 Break
14.15 – 15.15 Smart materials for wound management and infection prevention
Mitch Sanders, PhD, CEO, FireFly Innovations LLC, CSO Alira Health Boston and WoundForce LLC
15:15 – 15:30 Break
15.30 – 16.30 Utilizing S.T.R.I.D.E. algorithm to optimize compression garment selection for the lower extremity
Suzie Ehmann, PT, DPT, CWS, CWLT, CLT-LANA, Clinical specialist, Atrium Health Stanly, Albemarle, North Carolina
16:30 – 17.30 Surgical wound dehiscence: identification and management
Professor Karen Ousey, Professor of Skin Integrity & Director for the Institute of Skin, Integrity and Infection Prevention, University of Huddersfield, UK