April 30, 2014

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COST

WHCA/WiCAL Member: 1st Person -- $109

WHCA/WiCAL Member: All Others/From Same Facility -- $99

Non-Member

1st Person -- $119

Non-Member All Others/From Same Facility -- $109

AGENDA

7:30-8:30 a.m.
Registration

8:30-10:30 a.m.
Wound Management

TOPICS: Barriers to wound healing, Wound Models, Acute and chronic models, Pro-inflammatory cytokines, Matrix Mettaloproteinases

10:30-10:45 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Bio-burden/Infection

TOPICS: Contamination, colonization, critical colonization, and infection; Local signs and symptoms of Infection; NERDS and STONES; Systemic signs of infection; Qualitative and quantitative; diagnoses of infection; Common types of infection; Antiseptics/antimicrobial agents MASD; Types
Ulcer Bed Preparation; Sterile Vs. Clean; Cleansing; Debridement; Moisture control, Wound Dressing Selection, Criteria, Types

12:45 p.m.
Adjourn

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Wound Care Seminars to be Offered by WHCA/WiCAL in July

WHCA/WiCAL will be offering a series of workshops on wound care on July 23, 24, and 25 in Eau Claire, Appleton, and Brookfield.

Wound infection continues to be a challenging problem and often results in wounds failing to heal or patient mortality. This control of microbial proliferation depends on the clinician's ability to recognize both local and systemic signs of infection as well as the patient ability to reduce the bio burden level at the wound site to a manageable level.

All of these issues will be addressed at the workshops being held this summer, which will be presented by

Charles Gokoo, MD, American Medical Technologies, Irvine, CA.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Discuss the differences between wound healing models.

2. Explain interventions and the plan of care including monitoring

and documentation when a complication or change has been identified.

3. Discuss wound bed preparation.

DATES:

Wednesday, July 23

Clarion Hotel

2703 Craig Road

Eau Claire, WI 54701

(715) 835-2211

Thursday, July 24

Radisson Hotel

333 W College Avenue

Appleton, WI 54911

(920) 733-8000

Friday, July 25

Midway Hotel

1005 S Moorland Road

Brookfield, WI 53005

(262) 786-9540

REGISTER

NOTE: AMT Education Division is accredited as a provider of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This program has been approved for three contact hours with ANCC.

WHCA/WiCAL: The Wisconsin Health Care Association/Wisconsin Center for Assisted Living is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing, protecting and advancing the interests of Wisconsin's long-term care provider community and the residents they serve. WHCA is Wisconsin's most representative nursing home association, as it does not restrict membership to any particular segment of the industry. In addition to its advocacy on behalf of its members, staff and residents, WHCA strives to provide its membership with the benefits of affiliation through the development and dissemination of information, training, and quality improvement assistance. WiCAL advocates for assisted living facilities by helping members provide the highest quality services to the elderly and disabled citizens of Wisconsin. WHCA/WiCAL represents about 300 facilities, their 28,000 employees and the 27,000 residents they serve.