The development of international wound debridement best practice recommendations: Consensus between nurses specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada and the society of tissue viability.

Unlabelled: Debridement is an important component of wound management and can improve outcomes for patients. Debridement needs to be done by an appropriately trained health professional, but the scope of practice, credentials, training, competencies, and regulatory requirements regarding wound debridement can differ. Best Practice Recommendations were created to positively influence patient safety related to all methods of debridement, across the continuum of care, and to be implemented widely by nurses at all professional levels in Canada.

Executive Summary: Debridement: Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Nurses Developed by Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada (NSWOCC).

Debridement is described in the literature as having a high level of clinical risk and may result in patient harm when performed by untrained nurses. As a result, specialized knowledge, skills, and competencies are required to initiate, direct, and perform safe and effective debridement. This executive summary provides an overview of Debridement: Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Nurses from the Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada (NSWOCC).

Reliability and validity of the revised photographic wound assessment tool on digital images taken of various types of chronic wounds.

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the revised Photographic Wound Assessment Tool (revPWAT) on digital images taken of various types of chronic, healing wounds.

Setting: This multicenter trial was performed in a variety of settings where chronic wounds are assessed.

Participants: A total of 206 different photographs taken of 68 individuals with 95 chronic wounds of various etiologies were reviewed in this study.