b'INFECTIOUS DISEASE GUIDE|allowing for proper healing. When TCC fails,add impromptu visits to their route and other treatments are required. The mostmaking every second more efficient and promising new therapy is SkinTE.productive.nSkinTE is a product of PolarityTE. According to CEO Dr. Denver Lough,RESOURCESEssentially, if you just look at your hand and3 common types of chronic wounds. (n.d.).see a small little hair shaft coming out yourRetrieved from Advanced Tissue website: skin, next to that hair shaft are certain cells. Most chronichttps://advancedtissue.com/2019/03/3-And those cells represent every layer of yourcommon-types-of-chronic-wounds/skin. By stimulating those cells, it can regener- wounds occur in thoseClinical trial demonstrated superiorate all of those structures and the skin itself. wound closure rates with PICO compared SkinTE involves harvesting a one-centime- over the age of 65;to traditional NPWT in lower extremity ter sample of the patients skin; this sampleit is estimated thatulcers. (2020, January 16). Retrieved from is manufactured and applied to the patientsOA Online website: https://www.oaoa.diabetic ulcer. Healthy skin helps to close thein 20 years, we willcom/news/business/article_d0b9f92b-wound. Ten out of 11 participants achievedad17-534c-8b73-2cff82ef5525.htmltotal wound closure within 12 weeks, whilehave an increase inLasek, A. (2019, July 25). Heat-activatedthe 11th participant developed an unrelatedwound dressing has potential to heal infection and was unable to complete thethose over 65 by atchronic wounds, pressure sores. Retrieved study. least 20 percent. from McKnights Long-Term Care News Approximately 3 million Americans arewebsite: https://www.mcknights.com/treated annually in the acute care setting fornews/clinical-news/heat-activated-pressure ulcers. 60,000 people die related towound-dressing-has-potential-to-heal-complications from hospital-acquired pres- Pressure Wound Therapy Systemchronic-wounds-pressure-sores/sure ulcers. (sNPWT) in comparison to tradi- Nelson, H. (2017, April 17). ChronicIn mid-2019, biomedical engineers createdtional negative pressure wound therapywounds affect 6.5 million in U.S. a dressing that is responsive to body heat. In(tNPWT). The study evaluated woundRetrieved from Intermountain Healthcare addition, the dressing is antimicrobial andarea, depth, and volumeand found thatwebsite: https://intermountainhealth-may be helpful for various types of ulcers. Thistheir product had a significant reductioncare.org/blogs/topics/live-well/2017/04/dressing bonded to skin with 10 times thecompared to tNPWT. chronic-wounds-affect-65-million-in-us/adhesive force of a Band-Aid. It also closedSmith+Nephew evaluated patients at 16 Vieira, G. (2019, June 10). Diabetic foot wounds faster than treatments includingcenters in the United States and 2 centersulcers can be deadly - this new treat-microgels, chitosan, gelatin, and other typesin Canada;patients had to have woundsment may be the answer. Retrieved of hydrogels. It was not found to cause inflam- on the lower extremities for longer thanfrom Healthline website: https://www.mation or immune responses. four weeks. The study found that, at thehealthline.com/health-news/advance-This product is still in development, butconclusion of the 12-week study, twice asments-being-made-in-treatment-of-foot-lead researcher at Harvard University, Davidmany wounds had achieved closer withleg-wounds-in-people-with-diabetesMooney, PhD, says, This technology has thePICO sNPWT versus tNPWT. Wound Care Advantage launchespotential to be used not only for skin inju- FlightPlan 2.0 is in effect. Launched byFlightPlan 2.0, the next generation of ries, but also for chronic wounds like diabeticWound Care Advantage, FlightPlan wasits innovative wound care referral plat-ulcers and pressure sores, for drug delivery,launched a couple years ago. FlightPlan isform. (2020, January 14). Retrieved from and as components of soft robotics-baseda software that allows wound care officesYahoo Finance website: https://finance.therapies. to take referrals and get patients sched- yahoo.com/news/wound-care-advan-uled quickly based on algorithms. Thistage-launches-flightplan-134200339.htmlNEW TECH technology increased referrals by 30% Wound care by the numbers: Medicare There is various new technology on theand patient visits by 38%. FlightPlan 2.0cost and utilization of patients with horizon: is taking technology to the next level;chronic wounds. (n.d.). Retrieved from Smith+Nephew, a global medical tech- when schedules change due to planningBeckers Hospital Review website: nology company, published a random- changes or cancellations, a button canhttps://go.beckershospitalreview.com/ized controlled trial in Wound Repairbe pushed, allowing for nearby physi- wound-care-by-the-numbers-medicare-and Regeneration in regard to theircians that match search criteria populatecost-and-utilization-of-patients-with-product, the PICO Single Use Negativethe map in real time, making it simple tochronic-wounds 22 INFECTIOUS DISEASE GUIDE|2020| www.elitecme.com'