"Get informed on the numerous skin and wound care products on the market - and make safe and accurate choices for your patients - with this crucial product guide. Choose the best skin and wound care products to support your patients' skin health and wound healing, with Product Guide to Skin and Wound Care, 8th Edition. Listing more than 294 products in alphabetical order, this handy product guide for wound care practitioners across all practice settings offers detailed information - sizes, action, indications, contraindications, application, and removal information - so that your choices stay informed and accurate. A must for wound care nurses, this pocket guide also offers vital on-the-spot support for home healthcare, emergency, family practice, and dermatology nurses, as well as physical therapists. Know the purpose and use of skin and wound care products, to assist in the proper product choice, usage, and documentation. This new edition has a softcover format that fits easily in your coat pocket for on-the-go information access. There are new products to update your formulary choices, including sizes, action, indication, application and removal. Offers concise reviews of the many skin and wound care products now available - including collagens, hydrocolloids, antifungals and antimicrobials, liquid skin protectants, moisture barriers, and other skin care products. There are newly enhanced full-color manufacturer photos of each product. Offers the characteristics, function, and use of skin and wound care dressings, drugs, and devices, including correct classification of a particular condition. Offers an Alphabetical Wound Care Product Guide that illustrates product information detailing action, indications, contraindications, application, and removal; reimbursement codes for products provided by manufacturers; and many product references supporting products. Provides information on products that may contain ingredients that can cause allergic reactions. Provides help in mixing products correctly, explaining which ingredients should not be mixed with certain other ingredients. Wound care product categories include alginates, antimicrobials, cellular and tissue-based products, collagens, composites, contact layers, drugs, foams, hydrocolloids, hydrogels, negative pressure wound therapy, specialty absorptives, surgical dressings, transparent films, wound fillers, and other devices and products. Offers a comprehensive listing of additional products such as abdominal dressing holders and binders, compression bandage systems, conforming bandages, elastic bandage rolls, impregnated gauzes, nonimpregnated gauzes, packing strips, tapes and wound cleansers. A must-have for any wound care practitioner as it provides you with the easy-to-reference product details needed to move your practice forward and stay at the forefront of your field."--from the publisher description.

Preceded by: Clinical guide to skin & wound care / Cathy Thomas Hess. Seventh edition. [2013].

Part I. Wound care products -- Alginates -- Antimicrobials -- Cellular and tissue-based products (CTPs) -- Collagens -- Composites -- Contact layers -- Drugs -- Foams -- Hydrocolloids -- Hydrogels -- Negative pressure wound therapy -- Specialty absorptives -- Surgical supplies, Miscellaneous -- Transparent films -- Wound fillers -- Other products -- Part II. Skin care products and additional dressings and products -- Antifungals and antimicrobials -- Compression bandage systems -- Conforming bandages -- Elastic bandage rolls -- Gauze, impregnated with other than water, normal saline, or hydrogel, without adhesive border -- Gauze, impregnated with water or normal saline, without adhesive border -- Gauze, nonimpregnated, with adhesive border -- Gauze, nonimpregnated, without adhesive border -- Liquid skin protectants -- Moisture barriers -- Skin cleaners -- Surgical dressing holder, non-reusable, each -- Tapes -- Therapeutic moisturizers -- Wound cleansers.