WoundsAfrica

01/11/2025

New chapter published: Tips for wound dressings on the head!

Firstly, thank you to all of you who subscribe to our newsletter! Many of you are familiar with the challenge of keeping a scalp dressing in place. If the patient is bald, you can, of course, use a regular adhesive bandage. But most often, hair gets in the way. A dressing with adhesive edges is usel...

23/09/2025

It has been an honour to be invited to a global Expert Panel in Gothenburg, led by JWC & Essity to develop new guidelines for Antimicrobial Stewardship. These efforts will hopefully further decrease the inappropriate use of of antibiotics☺️

The panel consisted of experts from Italy, USA, South Africa, Sweden, India, UK and…Norway.

23/06/2025

Cutting Guides for Foam Dressings

Some of you may already have started your summer holiday. Don`t worry—we will not spam you with work-related emails during your well-deserved break. However, since wounds don`t take a holiday, we will send out a few newsletters over the next few months, but promise to keep the topics light. Today,...

07/06/2025

Do you use the TIMES acronym to describe what you see in wound care? We have added a new chapter on WoundsAfrica—click the link below to read it.

https://www.woundsafrica.com/copy-of-times-verkt%C3%B8y

26/01/2025

World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January every year. In 2025, the World Leprosy Day is on 26 January. This international day is an opportunity to celebrate people who have experienced leprosy, raise awareness of the disease, and call for an end to leprosy-related stigma and discrimination.

17/01/2025

New guidelines surgical wounds

In wound care, there is a notable lack of robust, evidence-based guidelines for many practices. Therefore, it is encouraging whenever a working group takes the time to compile and analyze all relevant studies on a specific topic to provide greater clarity. The International Surgical Wound Complicati...

17/01/2025

The Journal of Wound Care has recently published Global Concensus Guidelines for postoperative incision care. This document has been developed by the International Surgical Wound Complication Advisory Panel.

https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/pb-assets/JOWC/Postop-Consensus-10-Jan-25-1736528841517.pdf

14/11/2024

Today is global diabetes day! Over 24 million people are living with diabetes in Africa. Unless urgent action is taken, this number is expected to double by 2045. These numbers are reason for concern, also for us who work in wound care. Africa needs more experts in the field of wound care, aswell as podiatrists and orthopedic technicians. image copyright: WHO

02/10/2024

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03/09/2024

This is so ridicolously simple, it hardly qualifies as a “ hack”☺️. Yet, we constantly see colleagues fumble with the packaging. Most dressing packages have a marking on the edge, where they are easiest to open.