Wild on Wounds (WOW) focused clinicians back to the essential skills and products of wound care
Nurses, doctors and industry descended on a beachfront resort in Hollywood, FL, from September 7 through 10, for educational sessions and hands-on learning in foundational wound care at Wild on Wounds 2022 (WoW). WoW, as its fun name suggests, is designed for those clinicians focused on, and desiring foundational knowledge in skin and wound care. In reflecting on this focus, SmartTRAK noted conference buzz and product innovation at this year’s WoW centered on the use of advanced wound dressings and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) over other conferences that include more biologics.
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Kicking off WoW, clinician presenters highlighted many “buzz” worthy products and what differentiates them across numerous SmartTRAK-covered product categories. For instance:
- In advanced dressings, the presenters highlighted Hydrofera’s* Blue ComfortCel Interface for its non-cytotoxicity and ability for safe use under NPWT, Hartmann’s* ColActive Plus Powder which is ideal for irregularly-shaped wounds and Boston BGECare’s* silicone foam superabsorber that minimizes pain and enables absorption up to eight to fourteen times its weight.
- For compression, the presenters mentioned Mediven’s* Angio Compression socks* for its clinical evidence in arterial compromised patients, Koya’s claimed first non-pneumatic active dynamic compression treatment cleared by the FDA, Koya’s Dayspring* products and Hartmann’s TwoPress 2* Lite for its multi-layer that sustains therapeutic pressure.
In the electronic health record (EHR) and wound imaging space, the presenters highlighted WoundZoom* from Perceptive Solutions* for its newly released functionality, iTreatMD’s* intuitive interface and detailed analytics and ability to optimize reimbursable activities, and eKare’s* inSight 3D wound measurement app for its in workflow capabilities.
In addition to the organizer’s buzz-worthy products, SmartTRAK observed research presented at the meeting shows Companies are evaluating novel approaches to product combinations in both advanced dressings, NPWT and clinical decision support tools.
SmartTRAK identified two 3M* preclinical posters (posters #5 and 13) comparing a 7-day use “novel peel and place NPWT dressing” versus a traditional V.A.C. Therapy reticulated open cell foam (ROCF) dressing. In talking with conference attendees, we understood the “novel” dressing to likely be a Prevena* single-use dressing being attached to the V.A.C. system. The benefits of attaching the Prevena dressing is longer wear time resulting in fewer dressing changes and less tissue ingrowth of traditional ROCF dressings. Both studies concluded the “novel” dressing resulted in improved granulation tissue formation and less tissue ingrowth.
Hartmann supported a case series (poster #34) evaluating the combined use of Covalon’s* ColActive Plus Ag Powder* (Hartmann as US distributor) and Zetuvit Plus Silicone Border* in diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and venous leg ulcers (VLUs). The goal is to determine whether combining these products results in improved management of wound exudate. The case series demonstrated the product combination’s superabsorbent and antimicrobial properties healed all wounds within twelve weeks.
Finally, SmartTRAK observed a poster (#16) highlighting the benefits of competency development and clinical decision support by WoundReference. Noted wound care expert and poster author, Catherine Milne, MSN, APRN, CWOCN, shared with SmartTRAK that this tool is differentiated from those developed by medical device companies because it is device and company agnostic. Specifically, WoundReference provides expert clinician-developed educational content, treatment algorithms and the ability to seek out consultations with other wound care experts.
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