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Dear Australasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society Members,

We hope you are doing well.
 
ISTAP is pleased to announce that the special issue of the European Wound Management Association (EWMA) Journal of Wound Management (JOWM) on skin tears has just been published.

The International Skin Tears Advisory Panel (ISTAP) collaborated with EWMA to  create this Special issue on Current advances in risk assessment, prevention and treatment of skin tears, which includes nine original manuscripts:

From “it’s just a skin tear” to a global awareness campaign: how the ISTAP-EWMA collaboration led to the first special issue of JOWM
            Beeckman D, Holloway S
Skin tears anno 2022: An update on definition, epidemiology, classification, aetiology, prevention and treatment
            Van Tiggelen H, Beeckman D (Corresponding author)
Engaging the person with a lower leg skin tear in the wound healing journey: A case study
            Varga M A (Corresponding author), LeBlanc K, Whitehead L
Skin Tears in an aging population: Workforce empowerment - Evaluation of a First Responder Skin Tear Wound Management Pack
            Jansz C (Corresponding author), Ross A, Cleary S
Measures that patients living in the community can take for the prevention and treatment of skin tears: A comprehensive review of the literature
            Deprez J (Corresponding author), Fourie A, Beeckman D
Prevention and management of skin tears: A survey of nurses in French-speaking Switzerland
            Charbonneau L (Corresponding author), Probst S, Gethin G
Analysis of real-world data from North American skilled nursing facilities’ skin and wound records for skin tear prevalence, healing and treatment
            Douglas R, Fraser J (Corresponding author)
Comparison of a cyanoacrylate liquid skin protectant to skin closure strips for the treatment of injury-related Type I skin tears in elderly patients
            Hill R H (Corresponding author), Smith S L
A cross-sectional study using the skin tear knowledge assessment instrument (OASES) to assess registered nurses’ knowledge of the identification, classification, prevention, assessment and management of skin tears in a geriatric rehabilitation hospital
            Formosa E (Corresponding author), Holloway S
Using the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice to guide development of a skin tear management protocol
            Bell C (Corresponding author)

You can access the Special Issue of the JOWM online at https://ewma.org/what-we-do/jowm/special-issue-july-2022-vol-23-2.

Thank you and have a great day!
 

 







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