MasterSeries 60 Minutes Interactive All Roads Lead to Healing: Mastering Wound Bed Preparation
from providing services to those not likely to
Global expert
benefit – avoiding under use and misuse
Ms Terry Swanson Vice Chair, International Wound Infection Institute
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Patient centered: Providing care that is respectful of
Victoria, Australia
and
responsive
to
individual
patients’
preferences, needs and values and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions
Global expert Prof Georgina Gethin
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Professor of Nursing, Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Galway
Timely: Reducing wait and sometimes harmful delays for both those who receive and those who give care
Galway, Ireland
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Person Centeredness and Combining It With Wound Bed Care
Efficient: Avoiding waste, including waste of equipment, supplies, energy, and ideas
• What Is Quality in Healthcare?
Equitable: Providing care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and
In the US, the agency for healthcare research and
socioeconomic status
quality identifies six domains that are considered 1
to be indicators of health care quality. With the application of this with wound care, patients can
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The key symptoms and experiences associated with a chronic wound
experience high quality and consistent treatment, aiding to their satisfaction and wellbeing during the
This can be divided up into three categories: physical
process of their care.
impact, social impact, and psychological impact. These are all integrated within the person-centred
Care being provided should be:
Supported by
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Safe: Avoiding harm to patients from the care that is intended to help them
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Effective: Providing services based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit, and refrain
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