Evidence-based wound care resources

Following a WAGEIHP staff member’s visit to East Africa in 2009, the group began to develop evidence-based information about affordable, locally accessible wound care products to help improve health outcomes in countries with limited health care resources. Clinicians can use this information to decide whether to continue with current practices or replace them with a safer, more effective but affordable approaches.

Antiseptics

Dressings

Skin conditions

Management of wound odour

Wound management

A rigorous process is undertaken to formulate this information. Initially, a thorough search of the literature, including journals from developing countries, is completed, followed by an assessment of the quality of the reported studies. The evidence from the accepted studies is then synthesised and recommendations for wound management are provided, based on that evidence.

Suggestions of additional topics or notification of relevant studies not yet included in an evidence summary are welcome.

Email: wageihp@curtin.edu.au

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