WOUNDS INTERNATIONAL–2011 GLOBAL WOUND CARE CONFERENCE 1–3 FEBRUARY 2011 – CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town International Convention Centre
The first Wounds International Conference is coming to the beautiful city of Cape Town, a city of natural beauty and diverse cultural heritage. Cape Town is an accessible and convenient location for international delegates – it is in the same time zone as Europe and there are direct overnight flights from many American and European cities.
This conference will bring together the global wound care community to address the international and regional challenges of driving wound treatment and prevention towards a true clinical specialisation, with the aim of engaging a wide range of stakeholders, including those in government and policy makers.
To achieve this ambitious goal and to help wound care providers in different countries around the globe, the conference will include interactive sessions, ensuring maximum delegate participation. This will be facilitated by sessions providing content that will IMPROVE, INFORM AND EDUCATE all who attend this event.
This conference is just the beginning. Wounds International will provide free online access to content, tools and resources after the event to facilitate an innovative approach to a global shared learning experience. Our mission is your mission: to better equip wound care professionals around the globe.
The conference is developed by Wounds International in association with the Wound Healing Association of Southern Africa (WHASA) and supported by the World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS) and the World Alliance for Wound and Lymphedema Care (WAWLC).
For more information on, please visit the Wounds International website at www.woundsinternational.com/events.php
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOTHERAPY
11–14 November 2010 at the Hollywood Hilton in Los Angeles, California, USA
Biotherapy is the use of living organisms to treat or diagnose medical illnesses. Examples of medicinal organisms include leeches, fly larvae (maggots), bacteriophage, service animals (i.e., guide dogs), cancer‐detecting dogs and many more.
The International Conference on Biotherapy (ICB) is the single most important meeting for sharing new clinical and research findings in biotherapy. The 8th International Biotherapy Conference will be the first meeting in this series to be held in North America.
Previous meetings have been hosted in the United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, Israel, and South Korea. Each has been quite successful; reports can be found posted on the International Biotherapy Society web page.
The objectives of the 2010 International Conference on Biotherapy are to:
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Describe current state of biotherapy research;
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Describe multiple biotherapeutic modalities and how to select the appropriate modality;
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Explain the use of leech therapy;
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Assess the use of bee venom and bacteriophage therapy;
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Describe use of service animals in hippotherapy and canine therapy.
Target audience: Physicians, nurses, biologists, and other scientists and students who work in or are interested in working in biotherapy.
Participants will include internationally renowned experts, clinicians, researchers, students, and lay community members.
Continuing Medical Education (CME): This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.
NPUAP
12th National Biennial Conference
Mark your calendars NOW for NPUAP's 12th National Biennial Conference, ‘Emerging Healthcare Issues,’ to be held 25–26 February 2011 at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, NV.
The two‐day conference will feature a Consensus track to discuss such question as: How do we measure ‘quality’ in pressure ulcer prevention and treatment? How will we know when we achieve it? A Best Practice track will cover some of the information outlined in the new NPUAP‐EPUAP international guidelines, Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment: Clinical Practice Guideline; as well as updated information on clinical issues that health care providers need to know to provide expert care.
Plan now to participate with international experts in the field of pressure ulcers!
Visit www.npuap.org for additional information about the conference, including abstract submission.
NPUAP CONFERENCE REPORT
Not All Pressure Ulcers Are Avoidable
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel's recent consensus conference panelists agreed that patients who choose not to participate in their own pressure ulcer prevention could develop unavoidable pressure ulcers. They also agreed that there are clinical situations in which the development of pressure ulcers can be unavoidable. The conference was held at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland.
Twenty‐four multidisciplinary experts in pressure ulcer prevention and treatment comprised the voting panelists. Specialties included medicine, geriatrics, surgery, specialty nursing, physical therapy and dieticians. The international panel represented professional wound organizations, accrediting bodies, hospitals, rehabilitation agencies, long‐term care, hospice, and home care.
The panelists agreed that the current definition of avoidable pressure ulcers developed by the Federal Government for long term care settings captured the spirit of pressure ulcer avoidability but could not be used in all settings. A revised definition was developed and agreed upon by the panelists
Unavoidable–means that the individual developed a pressure ulcer even though the provider had evaluated the individual's clinical condition and pressure ulcer risk factors; defined and implemented interventions that are consistent with individual needs goals and recognized standards of practice; monitored and evaluated the impact of the interventions; and revised the approaches as appropriate.
The panelists unanimously agreed there are patient situations that create unavoidable pressure ulcers. A condition seen in patients in critical care, hemodynamic instability may preclude turning or repositioning and lead to unavoidable pressure ulcers. Patients who refuse to be repositioned may also develop unavoidable pressure ulcers. The panelists agreed that the condition of skin failure exists.
The full report of the consensus conference including a report on the methodology used will be forthcoming.
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel serves as the authoritative voice for improved patient outcomes in pressure ulcer prevention and treatment through public policy, education and research.
Contact Information: David Saunders, NPUAP Executive Director at dsaunders@npuap.org