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#lothiancareconference22 delegates are learning how to grade pressure ulcers with our #lothianTVN apples

Only 4 weeks to the ENRICH Conference 2022 at Edinburgh Zoo. Congrats to those who secured an 'in person' ticket and remember you can still join us online on the day and find out why research in care homes is everyone's business. Tickets available at: ENRICH_2022.eventbrite.co.uk

Well it’s official @JaimeJMSmith onwards to the Wounds UK conference next month! Thoroughly enjoyed the colab of NHS Lothian NHS Highland to understand how we can best support our colleagues #oneteam🤓📚

First video session on risk assessment for #stopthepressure and care homes in Lothian #lothianTVN

#lothianTVN are at East Lothian Community Hospital today on the ground floor 10am-2pm, come and visit us to learn about pressure ulcer risk assessment and how to #stopthepressure

The NHS Lothian Tissue Viability Team are now on twitter! Follow us for updates on everything to do with TVN including education updates, information on campaigns such as #StopThePressureDay2022 and more

Watch out for our twelve day tvn tips day 1 below

Day 2 is W for Waterlow & Risk Assessment: These should be done promptly on admission and reviewed if condition changes. We’ve all aged at least one year this year so make sure this is reflected in your tool.

Day 4 is L for Legs Matter: So who’s leg looks like this by the end of their shift? Hopefully no-one, it is important that we take care of our legs and compression socks are not only for those with pre-existing problems. legsmatter.org/help-informati…

Day 5 is V for Very Important people: We spend a lot of time caring for others, are we remembering to care for ourselves? media.giphy.com/media/l4KieRAs…

Beautiful!

Love this woman's face! Oh for a vending machine with dressings!

Our care home link practitioners are learning about using larvae to debride wounds with Vikki from BioMonde | Larval Therapy this afternoon. Have you used them before? If you are a care home staff member and interested in wounds contact us to be added to our link network

T is for Tissue Type. Do you know the difference between normal healing and abnormal healing? Do you know that overgranulation/hypergranulation can be cause by friction, infection or occlusion and sometimes we can make it worse using incorrect dressings

M is for Moisture: Exudate is a normal part of wound healing; it can: Maintain a moist environment Carry tissue-repairing cells & nutrients Enable autolytic debridement In the wrong amount or composition it can delay healing and cause complications

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Well done team lothian!

Peri wound skin should be cleansed 20cm around the wound or the full limb under a bandage. It leads to: -Improved healing -Decreased infection risk -Reduced dressing frequency and associated cost -Reduced pain and discomfort Improved quality of life (Woo et al, 2017).