Bedsore Prevention Links
1. For further expert Decubitus ulcer, Bedsore & Pressure Sore information, use:
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National Decubitus Foundation @
http://www.decubitus.org -
Australian Wound Management Association @
http://www.awma.com.au - The Wound Care Information Network @
http://www.medicaledu.com/forum.htm - Wounds @
http://www.woundresearch.com - Primary Intention ( Australia) @
http://www.awma.com.au - American Academy of Wound Management @
http://www.wound.net - Family Doctor @
http://familydoctor.org/handouts/039.html - Association for the Advancement of Wound Care
http://www.AAWC1.com - Woundhealer
http://www.woundhealer.com - Orthopedic Sheepskin Footcare
http://www.orthopedicsheepskin.com
- Canadian Association of Wound Care
www.cawc.net - National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (U.S.)
(www.npuap.org) - European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (Europe)
(www.epuap.org/glprevention.html) - AHCPR-Supported Clinical Practice Guidelines: Pressure Ulcers in Adults: Prediction and Prevention
(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid=hstat2.chapter.4409) - Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
(www.chpca.net) - National Policy and Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging
(www.fiu.edu/~nutreldr/SubjectList/P/Pressure_Ulcers.htm#4) - Quality Indicators for Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers in Vulnerable Elders
(www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/135/8_Part_2/744)
2. For information about the development and properties of Australian Medical Sheepskins see:
http://www.csiro.au/science/MedicalSheepskinsAward.html
3. For the research report by the scientists who developed the Australian Medical Sheepskin at the CSIRO - the major Government Research organisation in Australia, see:
http://www.csiro.au/Outcomes/Materials-and-Manufacturing/Innovation/MedicalSheepskinsBrochure.aspx
4. Australian Travel Information
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5. Aged Care Online Directory
- Aged Care Online
A directory of Aged Care facilities and services throughout Australia. - Aged Care Employment
A national employment web portal specifically for the Aged Care industry.
6. International Links
- The Canadian Association of Wound Care
- Wound Ostomy & Continence Nurses' Society
- Wounds Healing Society
- National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) UK
- Cochrane Wounds Group
- European Tissue Repair Society
- Institut Pasteur
- National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
- The Cochrane Collaboration
- The UK Wound Care Society
- The UK Tissue Viability Society
- European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
- Wound Management Practice Resource Centre
- World Wide Wounds
- Wound Management Association of Ireland
- Wounds1
7. Australian Links
- The Victorian Quality Council
- South Australian Wound Management Association
- NHMRC
- Australian Association of Stomal Therapy Nurses
- The Orthopaedic Nurses Association of Western Australia
8. Journals
