Nurse-delivered patient education on postoperative wound care: a prospective study.

Objective: It is estimated that one in four postoperative wound complications occur within 14 days of hospital discharge. Some estimate that up to 50% of readmissions are preventable with effective postoperative education and closer follow-up. Providing patients with information enables them to detect when medical intervention may be required.

Variations in sacral sub-epidermal moisture measurements in hospitalized medical and surgical patients: A longitudinal observational sub-study.

Background: Pressure injury risk assessment tools have several well-known limitations. As a result, new methods of assessing risk are emerging, including the use of sub-epidermal moisture measurement to detect localized edema.

Aims: To assess the daily variation in sacral sub-epidermal moisture measurement over five days and establish if age and prophylactic sacral dressing use influenced these measurements.

Development and validation of a survey designed to measure patient experience of and preference for surgical wound care discharge education: A pilot study.

Aim Of The Study: To develop and undertake validation testing of a survey designed to measure patients' experiences of and preferences for surgical wound care discharge education.

Materials And Methods: A literature review and content analysis was undertaken on patients' experiences of and preferences for surgical wound care discharge education. Four themes were uncovered in the literature (wound care discharge education, preferences for discharge education delivery, participation in wound care decisions and patient ability to manage their surgical wound to prevent wound complications), which guided item generation.

Surgical wound care preferences and priorities from the perspectives of patients: a qualitative analysis.

Objective: To explore patients' priorities and preferences for optimal care of their acute or hard-to-heal surgical wound(s).

Method: This qualitative study involved semi-structured individual interviews with patients receiving wound care in Queensland, Australia. Convenience and snowball sampling were used to recruit patients from inpatient and outpatient settings between November 2019 and January 2020.

Challenges faced by people with a stoma: peristomal body profile risk factors and leakage.

Aim: The Ostomy Life Study 2019 aimed to obtain a better understanding of the challenges faced by people with stoma.

Methods: Online survey with participants from 17 countries.

Findings: Of the 54 614 individuals invited to take part, 5187 responded; 62% of the respondents avoided physical and social activities because of their stoma and 37% had never consulted their stoma care nurse to have the fit of their stoma product checked.

Wound care practices across two acute care settings: A comparative study.

Aims And Objectives: Describe and compare current surgical wound care practices across two hospitals in two health services districts, Australia.

Background: Surgical site infections (SSI) are a complication of surgery and occur in up to 9.5% of surgical procedures, yet they are preventable.

Evaluation of a new ostomy mouldable seal: an international product evaluation.

A new mouldable seal, Brava® Protective Seal, was evaluated by patients on aspects related to residue, durability, and preference. A total of 135 patients from four countries participated (Denmark, Germany, Japan and the USA) and the new product was compared to the patients' usual pouching systems. Less residue and easier skin cleansing was observed, which may benefit patient quality of life.