47th Annual Conference (June 6 - 10, 2015): Case Study Posters

CS15-001

Management of Lower Extremity Hematomas Cause By Trauma in a Skilled Nursing Facility with a SUPER Absorbent Polymer Dressing (SAPD) with or without a Silver Oxysalt Contact Layer

Aaron Wodash, BS, RN, CWON, CFCN, WCC, Nursing, Augustana Health Care, Minneapolis, MN

CS15-002

Healing Chronic Wounds with DACC Technology

Angel Sutton, RN, MSN/Ed., CWCN, CFCN, CCCN, Life Care Centers of America, Dalton, GA

CS15-003

The Evolution of Ostomy Barriers: Use of Ceramide-Infused Ostomy Barrier in a Small Case Series

Jo Hoeflock, RN (EC), BSN, MA, CETN(CN), CGN(C), Ostomy Care, St. Michaels Hospital,, Toronto, ON, Canada and Arden Townshend, BSN, RN, ET, Ostomy Care and Supply Centre, New Westminster, BC, Canada

CS15-004

In the critically ill patient, what is the effect of air-fluidized therapy in comparison to the standard of care on preventing the deterioration of deep tissue injuries?

Bettina Magliato, MS, RN, CIC, CWCN, CHRNC, COCN¹, Sharon Davis, BS, RN, CWCN, COCN² and Barbara Kimsza-Mendes, BS, RN, CCRN, WCC², (1)Nursing, Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain, CT, (2)Nursing, The Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain, CT

CS15-005

Retrospective review of a pressure redistribution mattress and skin integrity

Charleen Singh, RN, MSN/ED, FNP-BC, CWOCN, Nursing, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA and Erica Thibault, RN, MS, CNS, APN, CWON, Clinical, Sizewise, Evergreen, CO

CS15-006

Preventing wound dehiscence and surgical site infections using single use negative pressure therapy system in post-op C-section patients with BMI >35

Dave Brett, BS, BS, MS, Clinical Affairs, Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, FL

CS15-007

Portable Topical Negative Pressure. Evaluation in Venous Ulcers and Skin Grafts

Dave Brett, BS, BS, MS, Clinical Affairs, Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, FL

CS15-008

Single use negative pressure wound therapy (suNPWT) system for wound healing in an outpatient clinic

Dave Brett, BS, BS, MS, Clinical Affairs, Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, FL

CS15-009

The management of a dehisced surgical wound in a pregnant lady using a new portable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) Device

Dave Brett, BS, BS, MS, Clinical Affairs, Smith & Nephew, St. Petersburg, FL

CS15-010

Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation and Dwell Time for the Treatment of Complex Wounds: A Case Series

Dawn Shepherd, BSN, RN, CWON, CFCN, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX

CS15-011

Early Pilot Clinical Evaluation of a Novel Antimicrobial Silver Hydrogel

Debbie Waggoner, PharmD, BCNP¹, Michael Kuskie, MD, ABP², YoonJung Lee, PharmD Candidate³ and Kenneth Yates, DVM³, (1)Pharmacy Practice, Harding University College of Pharmacy, Searcy, AR, (2)Infectious Disease, Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist, Colorado Springs, CO, (3)Pharmaceutical Sciences, Harding University College of Pharmacy, Searcy, AR

CS15-012

Using Technology to Keep the Motivated Individual with Complex Ostomies and Fistulas at Home

Diane Bryant, RN, MS, CWOCN, Ilene Fleischer, MS, RN, CWOCN and Mary Willis, MS, RN, CWOCN, Nursing, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

CS15-013

Use of Leptospermum Honey helps Bridge the gap from Inflammation to Proliferation Phase

Diane Maggio Maggio, MSN, RN, NP-C, CRRN, CWON, Institute of Nerve Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, North Rutherford, NJ

CS15-014

Managing Complex Ostomies with Fistula Wound Manager

Dona Isaac, MSN/ED, CWCN, COCN, Gastric Mixed Tumor & Colorectal, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

CS15-015

Benefits of Using Leptospermum Honey for Oncological Wounds to Improve Patients' Quality of Life

Dona Lyndhia Isaac, RN, MSN/ED, CWON, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, NY, New York, NY

CS15-016

Managing Pyoderma Gangrenosum with Leptospermum Honey

Elizabeth George, RN, ET, CWON, Nason Hospital Wound Healing Program, Roaring Springs, PA

CS15-017

Versatility of Active Leptospermum Honey (ALH) for Cost Effective Management of Necrotic Tissue in Home Care

Jerri Drain, BSN, RN, CWON, Wound Care Department, Amedisys, Inc., Bunch, OK

CS15-018

An Oldie but Goodie..a Simple Strategy to Heal Painful Irritated Skin

Kristin Hazelton-Hardy, BS RN CWOCN, Center for Learning & Development, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, Donna Truland, BS, RN, CWOCN, Albany Medical Center, Nurse Clinician, Albany, NY, Karen Riemenschneider, DNP, RN-BC, CWOCN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY and Jody Scardillo, DNP RN ANP-BC CWOCN, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY

CS15-019

Use of Immersion therapy mattress with low air loss to facilitate healing of post myocutaneous flaps

Judy VanWyhe, RN, BSN, CWOCN and Susan Willer, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Mercy Medical Center, WOC Nurse, Sioux City, IA

CS15-020

Innovative Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on an Exposed Duodenostomy, Pancreatic, and Biliary Ducts in Complex Open Abdominal Wound

Karen O'Brien, BSN, RN, CWOCN and Rachel Ludwig, BSN, RN, CWOCN, WOC Nursing, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

CS15-021

Use of Epidermal Grafting to Facilitate Closure in Stalled, Chronic Wounds

Katherine Lincoln, DO, Centeral Texas Wound Associates, Killeen, TX

CS15-022

Resolving Epibole with Polymeric Membrane Dressings in Home Care

Kimberly Bare, RN BSN CWON MBA, Wound Care Department, Amedisys, Inc., Oceanside, CA and Jerri Drain, BSN, RN, CWON, Wound Care Department, Amedisys, Inc., Bunch, OK

CS15-023

When Nociceptive and Psychogenic Pain are the Primary Obstacles to Providing Appropriate Wound Care

Kristal Caringer Quimby, BSN, RN, CWCN, COCN and Mary Famorca, MAN, RN, WCC, Wound Care Services, John C Lincoln Health Network, Phoenix, AZ

CS15-024

Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis: Meeting the Complex Needs of an Exfoliative Skin Disorder Using a Simple Single Dressing Approach

Kristal Caringer Quimby, BSN, RN, CWCN, COCN and Mary Famorca, MAN, RN, WCC, Wound Care Services, John C Lincoln Health Network, Phoenix, AZ

CS15-025

The Impact of “Micro-Shifts” and Airbed Adjustments with the use of Continuous Bedside Pressure Mapping

Kristen Thurman, PT, MPT, CWS, FACCWS, Clinical Affairs, Wellsense, Nashville, TN, Lisa Swisher, RN, UHS, St. Louis, MO and Debbie Coleman, RN, BSN, CWOCN, St. Anthony's, St.Louis, MO

CS15-026

Implementing Continuous Bedside Pressure Mapping Cost-Effectively into a Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program

Kristen Thurman, PT, MPT, CWS, FACCWS, Clinical Affairs, Wellsense, Nashville, TN and Debbie Coleman, RN, BSN, CWOCN, St. Anthony's, St.Louis, MO

CS15-027

The Use of Continuous Bedside Pressure Mapping (CBPM) in the Management of Intensive Care Patients with Excessive Head of Bed Elevation Due to Medical Necessity

Kristen Thurman, PT, MPT, CWS, FACCWS, Clinical Affairs, Wellsense, Nashville, TN, Lisa Swisher, RN, UHS, St. Louis, MO and Christine Heady, BSN, RN, CWOCN, DePaul Health Center, St. Louis, MO

CS15-028

Managing challenging, non-healing wounds using a dressing containing methylene blue and gentian violet

Lauren Wolfe, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Laurens Wound Ostomy Consulting, Richmond, BC, Canada

CS15-029

An Examination of a Hydrophilic Zinc Oxide-Based Paste Dressing for Use in Difficult to Dress Wounds

Lori Morrow, RN, BSN, CWOCN, North Shore Medical Center, Wound Ostomy Nurse, Salem, MA

CS15-030

Rare Neonate Morel-Lavallee Injury: A Case Study

Margaret Birdsong, MSN, CPNP, CWOCN¹, Kim Mciltrot, CPNP, DNP, CWOCN¹, Susan Ziegfeld, CRNP, MSN¹ and June Beeman, MS, CPNP, WCC², (1)Pediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, (2)Medicine, Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, Baltimore, MD

CS15-031

The Use of Total Contact Cast (TCC)*, the Gold Standard of Diabetic Foot Ulcers Treatment, in Community Setting by a Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse (CWOCN)

Marine Chan, MSN, CWOCN, Home Health, Fraser Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada

CS15-032

Initial Patient Outcomes with use of a Non-adherent Silver Foam Transfer Dressing: A Case Series

Mary Arnold Long, MSN, RN, CRRN, CWOCN-AP, ACNS-BC, Nursing, Roper Hospital, Charleston, SC

CS15-033

To Laugh is to P-- but should it be?

Michelle Beck, RN, BSN, CWOCN, AMU, Nurse Clinician, Shelbyville, IN

CS15-034

Challenges in the Perioperative Care of the Ostomy Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device

Jana Props, RN, CWOCN and Rachel Hinshaw, RN, CWOCN, Wound Ostomy, St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis Indiana, Indianapolis, IN

CS15-035

Epidermal Skin Grafts over Complex Chronic Wounds in Patients with Multiple Comorbidities: A Case Series

Regina M. Fearmonti, MD, Fearmonti Plastic Surgery, San Antonio, TX

CS15-036

New Positive Experiences in Wound Healing Utilizing Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation: 6 Case Studies

Rosemary Hill, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Ambulatory Program, Vancouver Coastal Health - Lions Gate Hospital, North vancouver, BC, Canada

CS15-037

Extensive Skin Necrosis Associated with POEMS Syndrome: A Case Study of a Rare Disease

Ruth Bryant, MS, RN, CWOCN¹, Teresa Patterson, RN, CWON, CFCN², Michelle Best, RN, CWOCN², Rebecca Thomas, RN² and Elizabeth Wrigley, RN, CWON, CFCN², (1)Washington State University and Providence Health Care, Spokane, WA, (2)Sacred Heart Medical Center and Childrens Hospital, SPOKANE, WA

CS15-038

Operation Stoma #Wall It Off

Sarah Lebovits, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, CWOCN, DAPWCA, IIWCC-NYU¹, Komal Saggu, MSN, RN, NP-C, CWOCN, IIWCC-NYU² and Elizabeth Savage, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON², (1)Wound and Ostomy Nursing Service, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, (2)NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY

CS15-039

Wound management with far infra-red radiation of three case reports

Ya-chen Lin, Tzu Chi Dalin General Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi General hospital , Dalin Branch, Chiayi County, Taiwan

CS15-040

Medical Grade Leptospermum Honey in Ostomy Closure Sites to Decrease Healing Time and Pain

Nora Sammon, CWOCN¹, Monica Cabrera, CNS/CWOCN², Bea Forlizzi, CNS/CWOCN³, Ekta Vohra-Vigilante, RN, BSN, WOCN, CON ³ and Danielle Hunton, CWOCN³, (1)Medical Surgical Nursing, New York PResebyterian Weill-Cornell, New York, NY, (2)Med Surg, New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell, New York, NY, (3)Med Surg, New York Presbyterian, New York, NY

CS15-041

Preoperative stoma site marking: a Brazilian case study

Camila Megumi Naka Shimura, BSN, RN¹, Helena Megumi Sonobe, PHD, MSN, BSN², André Aparecido da Silva Teles, BSN, RN², Janaína da Silva III, BSN, RN³ and Francisco Tiago, BSN, RN², (1)School of Nursing at University of São Paulo, CWOCN, Ribeirão Preto/São Paulo, Brazil, (2)University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, (3)School of Nursing at University of São Paulo, CWOCN, Ourinhos/São Paulo, Brazil

CS15-042

Educative Intervention from Woc Nurse in Stoma and Peristomal Complications: Case Study

Janaína da Silva, MSN, BSN, RN¹, Helena Megumi Sonobe, PHD, MSN, BSN¹, Camila Megumi Naka Shimura, BSN, RN², Diani Aparecida Rosso III³, Evil Merodaque Decol³ and Marco Antonio da Silva Freitas³, (1)University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, (2)School of Nursing at University of São Paulo, CWOCN, Ribeirão Preto/São Paulo, Brazil, (3)University Estácio of Sá Ourinhos, Ourinhos, Brazil

CS15-043

USE OF NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY IN ABDOMINAL DEHISCENCE WITHOUT CAVITY FILLING: case report

Danielly Freschi Sr., Danielly dos Anjos Freschi, Stomatherapy nurse, Hospital São Camilo, São Paulo, Brazil, Ivan Marinho Sr., Doctor, Infectologist, Hospital São Camilo, São Paulo, Brazil and Bruna Rocha, Nurse, Medical clinic, Hospital São Camilo, São Paulo, Brazil

CS15-044

Use of Dehydrated Human Amniotic Membrane Allograft (DAMA) to Facilitate Limb Salvage and Function in Patients at High Risk for Amputation

Margaret Doucette, D.O., FABPM, CWSP, Boise VAMC, Boise, ID

CS15-045

The Use of 100% Manuka Honey for Moist Wound Management and Promotion of Autolytic Debridement in an Inpatient Population with Wounds of Mixed Etiology

Tracy Jacobs, RN, BSN, CWON¹, Sandra Artusa, RN, BSN, CWOCN¹, Chris Offerman, RN, BSN¹, Laura Barnes, RN, MSN, WOCN, CWCN, APN¹ and Andrea McIntosh, BSN, RN, CWOCN, APN², (1)Wound Center, Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox, IL, (2)Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox, IL

CS15-046

Treatment of Venous Insufficiency Complicated by Stasis Dermatitis: Less is More approach using Silver Moisture Management Wrap

Kristina Daly, RN, BSN, Wound Care & Hyperbarics, Hamilton Health Care System, Dalton, GA and Anita Robinson, RN, BS, WCC, OMS, Hamilton Medical Center, Dalton, GA

CS15-047

Palliative Management of Squamous Cell Carcinoma using Active Leptospermum Honey

Jerri Drain, BSN, RN, CWON, Amedisys, INC., Bunch, OK

CS15-048

Economic Value of Epidermal Graft Use to Physicians in the Wound Care Clinic

Katherine Lincoln, DO, Centeral Texas Wound Associates, Killeen, TX