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Guidelines for the best care of chronic wounds
Author(s) -
Robson Martin C.,
Barbul Adrian
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
wound repair and regeneration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.847
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1524-475X
pISSN - 1067-1927
DOI - 10.1111/j.1524-475x.2006.00173.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , general surgery , dermatology , surgery
Uniformity of quality of the care rendered to patients with wounds has been a paramount desire of clinicians, govern- ment regulators, and third-party payers. Whether it was for the best patient care, minimum standards to be met, or reimbursable therapies, guidelines for treatment have been sought. One of the goals of the founders of the Wound Healing Society (WHS) in 1991 was to establish guidelines for wound treatment. One of the first tasks of the WHS Board of Directors following the first annual meeting in Galveston, Texas, was to appoint a committee to develop treatment guide- lines. This committee, under the direction of Gerald S. Lazarus, MD, realized that uniform care guidelines could not be developed because there was no uniformity in the definitions of wounds, wound healing, or wound attrib- utes. The committee developed the necessary definitions and after holding several public hearings, published the ''Definitions and Guidelines for Assessment of Wounds