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Jun 10
🔦 The spotlight is on Pressure Ulcer Prevention with this week's #WoundCareWednesday
It is important to maintain repositioning despite being on a dynamic pressure-reducing mattress.
a) True
b) False
Answer below!
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Jun 3
This week's #WoundCareWednesday
Wound infection is the invasion of a wound by proliferating microorganisms to a level that invokes a local and/or systemic response in the host. True or false?
a) True
b) False
Answer below!
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May 27
Answer below!
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May 27
#WoundCareWednesday
What statement best describes Granulating tissue?
a)Has an offensive odour, indicating infection
b)Typified by pink coloured tissue
c)Usually, deep pink in colour at the base, with red lumps over the surface
d)Wound extends deep into the dermis and epidermis
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May 27
#WoundCareWednesday
What statement best describes Granulating tissue?
a)Has an offensive odour, indicating infection
b)Typified by pink coloured tissue
c)Usually, deep pink in colour at the base, with red lumps over the surface
d)Wound extends deep into the dermis and epidermis
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May 20
#WoundCareWednesday
What is the indication for desiccation of a wound margin?
a) Removal of physiological fluids that support wound healing can increase pain and itching
b) Tissue destruction, underlying intact skin along the margins indicating shear
Answer below!
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May 13
#WoundCareWednesday
Temperature controls the rate of chemical and enzymatic processes occurring within the wound and the metabolism of cells and tissue engaged in the repair process. True or false?
a) True
b) False
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May 6
#WoundCareWednesday
Skin tears occur due to shear and friction forces or blunt trauma, causing the dermis to separate from the subcutaneous layer, or both to separate from underlying structures.
a) True
b) False
Answer below.
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Apr 23
Day 2 of the @SoTV_UK Conference is here and we're back at Stand 53!
If you didn't get a chance to swing by yesterday, today is your opportunity to meet the team and find out more about ActivHeal® PHMB Foam and our Raponic™ Technology.
#STV2026 #TissueViability #WoundCare
ALT ActivHeal at the Society of Tissue Viability Conference
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Apr 22
This week's #WoundCareWednesday
Which is NOT an intrinsic factor for MASD?
a) Hygienic practices
b) Excessive perspiration
c) Dermal atrophy
d) Abnormal skin pH
Answer below!
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Apr 22
We're here! 🎉
Day one of the Society of Tissue Viability Conference 2026 is officially underway and the team is ready to go at Stand 53 @SoTV_UK
See you there!
#STV2026 #TissueViability #WoundCare
ALT ActivHeal is at the Society of Tissue Viability Conference 2026
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Apr 15
Answer below!
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Apr 15
#WoundCareWednesday
A device related pressure ulcer (DRPU) can be defined as:
An involvement/interaction with a device or object that is not in direct contact with skin, causing focal and localised forces that deform the superficial and deep underlying tissues.
a) True
b) False
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Apr 15
#WoundCareWednesday
A device related pressure ulcer (DRPU) can be defined as:
An involvement/interaction with a device or object that is not in direct contact with skin, causing focal and localised forces that deform the superficial and deep underlying tissues.
a) True
b) False
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Apr 8
Answer below!
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Apr 8
#WoundCareWednesday
NICE and EPUAP guidelines recommend adults who are at risk should be encouraged to change their position regularly, depending on the needs of the person, at what time interval?
a) More than 6 hrs
b) Less than 2 hrs
c) Less than 6 hrs
d) More than 8 hrs
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Apr 8
#WoundCareWednesday
NICE and EPUAP guidelines recommend adults who are at risk should be encouraged to change their position regularly, depending on the needs of the person, at what time interval?
a) More than 6 hrs
b) Less than 2 hrs
c) Less than 6 hrs
d) More than 8 hrs
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Apr 1
Answer below!
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Apr 1
Test your knowledge with this week’s #WoundCareWednesday question.
What criteria are indicative of a potential biofilm?
a) Delayed healing despite optimal wound management and health support
b) Low-level erythema
c) Poor granulation/friable hyper-granulation
d) All of the above
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Apr 1
Test your knowledge with this week’s #WoundCareWednesday question.
What criteria are indicative of a potential biofilm?
a) Delayed healing despite optimal wound management and health support
b) Low-level erythema
c) Poor granulation/friable hyper-granulation
d) All of the above
ALT ActivHeal Wound Care Wednesday
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Mar 25
#WoundCareWednesday
'Spreading infection’ can be described as 'the invasion of the surrounding tissue by infective organisms that have a spread of <10cm from a wound'. True or False?
a) True
b) False
Answer below!
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Mar 18
🔦 The spotlight is on Dressing Selection with this week's #WoundCareWednesday question!
All simple island dressings provide a moist wound environment. True or false?
a) True
b) False
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Mar 11
Answer below!
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Mar 11
Test your knowledge with today’s #WoundCareWednesday
An accurate wound assessment should include…
a) Wound symptoms, wound assessment
b) Patient assessment, wound assessment, wound symptoms
c) Wound symptoms, wound assessment, patient assessment and wound baseline information
ALT ActivHeal Wound Care Wednesday
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Mar 11
Test your knowledge with today’s #WoundCareWednesday
An accurate wound assessment should include…
a) Wound symptoms, wound assessment
b) Patient assessment, wound assessment, wound symptoms
c) Wound symptoms, wound assessment, patient assessment and wound baseline information
ALT ActivHeal Wound Care Wednesday
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