Please note that inclusion of these professional organizations and journals does not imply endorsement, but is merely presenting information as a reference for the reader.
Pressure Ulcer Resources
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP)The Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance (PPPIA) IHI-Five Million Lives: Prevent Pressure Ulcers ISDH: Pressure Ulcer Resource Center – Indiana Department of Public Health Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals: A toolkit for Improving Quality of Care Healthcare Improvement Scotland Braden Scale Waterlow Scale
Quality Improvement Organizations
Atlantic Quality Innovation Organization CIMRO of Nebraska eQHealth Solutions Louisiana Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc. New JerseyHealth Insight Oregon IPRO Masspro – Massachusetts Metastar, Inc. Wisconsin Mountain-Pacific Quality Health for Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific Territories Mountain-Pacific Quality Health for Wyoming North Dakota Quality Health Associates Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality Primaris of Missouri Quality InsightsStratis Health Minnesota Telligen Colorado, Illinois & Iowa TMF Health Quality Institute Texas West Virginia Medical Institute
Government Agencies
International
Department of Health UK Ministry of Health New Zealand
United States
Access to Medical Care for Individuals with Mobility Disabilities (ADA) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly AHCPR) AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Hospital Compare Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention Program (LEAP) National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Library of Medicine Nursing Home Compare Office of Inspector General Quality Payment Program
Canada
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) Health Canada
Journals
Advances in Wound Care Advances in Wound and Skin Care American Journal of Infection Control Chronic Wound Care Management and Research Diabetic Foot Canada e-Journal DermWeb Dermatology Journals and Publications List European Wound Management Association (EWMA) Journal International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds International Wound Journal Journal of Tissue Viability Journal of Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) Journal of Wound Care Medscape Ostomy Wound Management Pedorthics Magazine Podiatry Today The Dermatologist Today’s Wound Clinic World Wide Wounds Wound Care Canada Wound Care Therapies Wound Repair and Regeneration Wounds International WOUNDS: A Compendium of Clinical Research and Practice Wounds-UK Journal
Other Resources
Advancing Excellence In America’s Nursing Homes Biofilm Community Cochrane Collaboration Dermnet Skin Disease Image Atlas DermWeb Diabetes in Control Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Kennedy Terminal Ulcer National Institute for Health and Care Excellence – UK National Quality Forum Physician’s Desk Reference online Wound Source (product listing) Woundpedia Wound Care Centers
Professional Associations and Other Organizations
International Compression ClubInternational Ostomy Association International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Based Nursing World Council of Enterostomal Therapists World Union of Wound Healing Societies
A Leg to Stand on Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders American Academy of Dermatology American Board of Venous & Lymphatic Medicine American Board of Wound Management American Burn Association American College of Phlebology Foundation American College of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair American Diabetes Association American Medical Directors Association American Orthotics and Prosthetic Association American Physical Therapy Association American Podiatric Medical Association American Professional Wound Care AssociationAssociation for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Association of Children’s Orthotic-Prosthetic Clinics Baromedical Nurses Association Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association (DEBRA) Federal Interdisciplinary Skin Integrity GroupLymphatic Research Foundation National Academy for Dermatology Nurse Practitioners National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy National Association Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators National Lymphedema Network National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel National Quality Forum Save a Leg Save a Life Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society Wound Care Nursing Wound Healing Society Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society Wound Reach Foundation
Canadian Association of Wound Care Canadian Association for Enterostomal Therapy Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
Europe
Assicoacao Portuguesa de Tratamento de Feridas Associazione Italiana Ulcere Cutanee Austrian Wound Association British Lymphology Association Croatian Wound Association Czech Wound Management Society Danish Wound Healing Society Deutshe Society for Wound Healing Diabetic Foot Italy Dutch Organization for Wound Professionals European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel European Tissue Repair Society European Underwater and Baromedical Society European Venous Forum European Wound Management Association Grupo Associativo de Investigacão em Feridas Grupo Nacional para el Estudio y Asesoramiente en Ulceras por Precisión y Heridas Crónicas (ES) Initiative Chronische Wunden (DE) Italian Association for Cutaneous Ulcers Italian Nurse Association for the Study of Cutaneous Ulcers La Société Francaise et Francophone de Plaies et Cicatrisations Leg Ulcer Forum (IE) Lindsay Leg Club Foundation (UK) Lymphoedema Support Network (UK)Norwegian Wound Healing Association Prevention Education Recherche Soins Ecarres (FR) Serbian Wound Healing Society Society of Vascular Nurses (UK) Swiss Association for Wound Care Tissue Viability Online (UK) Tissue Viability Society (UK) Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Africa
Wound Healing Association of Southern Africa
Australia
Australasian Lymphology Association Australasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society (AWTRS) Australian Wound Management Association
Brazil
Brazilian Dermatology Nursing Association Brazilian Association of Enterostomal Therapy
Japan
The Japan Society for Hyperbaric and Undersea Medicine
Mexico
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