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Clinical innovations Wound management


1. The role of biofilms 2. The use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) 3. The use of topical antimicrobials 4. The increased understanding of molecular biological processes, particularly in relation to the use of specific diagnostic tools[3]


This publication – titled Extending the TIME concept: what


have we learned in the past 10 years? – is now available for IWII members to download (http://bit.ly/1i64s5A). It has also gained significant exposure and has been internationally referenced in leading documents and journal articles since its publication.[4–7] As well as the significant contributions to the TIME


framework, the IWII has published work in the International Wound Journal, Journal of Wound Care, Wounds International and other relevant journals.[8–12] The IWII have also been active at international


congresses. Most recently, members of the committee have presented at the Wound Management Association of Ireland conference (Cork, Ireland), the Wounds International Asian Pacific Conference (Kuala Lumpur,


Box 1. The current International Wound Infection Institute committee.


Chair


Vice Chair Secretary


Treasurer Education Evidence Research


Terry Swanson, Nurse Practitioner, South West Healthcare, Australia


[Position currently vacant]


Associate Professor Joyce Black, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA


David Keast, Wound Care Theme Leader, St Joseph’s Parkwood Hospital London, Canada


Jacqui Fletcher, Clinical Strategy Director, Welsh Wound Innovation Centre, UK


Keryln Carville, Professor Primary Health Care and Community Nursing, Silver Chain and Curtin University, Australia


Professor Gregory Schultz, University of Florida, USA


Membership Associate Professor Geoff Sussman OAM, Faculty University of Auckland, New Zealand and Monash University, Australia


Translation General


Jose Contrearas Ruiz, Deramologist, Mexico


Marc Depatis, Vascular Surgeon, QC, Canada Georgina Gethin, National University of Ireland, Ireland Jennifer Hurlow, Wound Practitioner LLC, Memphis, USA Diane Smith, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Australia


Note: The IWII acknowledge the valuable contributions of Professor David Leaper, Roland Renyi, Professor Richard White, Heather Orsted, Professor David Armstrong, and Val Edwards-Jones.


Malaysia), and have been asked by the World Union of Wound Healing Societies to participate in their next meeting in Italy.


THE FUTURE The current members of the IWII committee are listed in Box 1. The IWII will shortly have openings for at least four general committee positions and will be seeking nominations from the current committee for the positions of Vice Chair and Treasurer. If you are interested in becoming involved in the IWII, details on the 2014 annual general meeting are available from Terry Swanson (tswanson@swh.net.au) or Joyce Black (jblack@unmc.edu). IWII annual general meetings are also educational


events and take place as part of eminent international wound care congresses. The next IWII annual general meeting will take place on 9 May 2014 at the Australian Wound Management Association National Conference (http://www.awma.com.au/conferences). The focus for this year’s annual general meeting will be slough, with Terry Swanson to deliver a presentation titled “Unraveling slough: What is it, how do we differentiate it and how is it best managed?” Preliminary information regarding the latest IWII project will also be provided during this presentation. At the same meeting, IWII members Professor Keryln Carville and Associate Professor Geoff Sussman will deliver an update on wound infection with an overview of best practice documents, clinical research, and new products that became available in 2013, and discuss the global concern regarding multi-resistant wound infections, respectively. IWII committee members have also been invited


to present at the Wounds International Middle East Conference in Abu Dhabi (5–6 June 2014; http://bit. ly/1bLYvyu). n


AUTHOR DETAILS Terry Swanson is Chair, International Wound Infection Institute, and Nurse Practitioner, South West Healthcare, Australia. Keryln Carville is Evidence Officer, International Wound Infection Institute, and Professor of Primary Health Care and Community Nursing, Silver Chain and Curtin University, Australia.


REFERENCES 1.


2. 3. 4.


Leaper DJ et al (2012) Int Wound J 9(Suppl 2): 1–19 Schultz GS et al (2004) Int Wound J 1(1): 19–32 Fletcher J (2013) Wounds International 4(1): 8


Gillespie BM et al (2013) J Clin Nurs: Dec 20 [Epub ahead of print]


5. Ousey K, Atkin L (2013) Wounds UK 9(2): 1–6 6. Mudge EJ (2014) Int Wound J: Feb 21 [Epub ahead of print] 7. 8. 9.


Daeschlein G (2013) Int Wound J 10(Suppl 1): 9–14


Swanson T (2012) Journal of Stomal Therapy Australia 32(3): 21 Swanson T (2013) Journal of Wound Care 22(6): 328–34


10. Swanson T (2011) Wounds International 2(1): 5–6 11. Harding K, Renyi R (2009) Int Wound J 6(3): 175–8 12. Carville K (2008) Int Wound J 5(Suppl 3): iii–1


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