Evaluating and selecting wound management products is an important aspect of a tissue viability nurse’s role. This article describes how the Association of Tissue Viability Nurses West Midlands developed and implemented a wound management product evaluation form and pathway. The criteria that were used by tissue viability nurses to evaluate wound management products are identified and the process used to standardise a form to help nurses to assess the performance of wound management products is discussed.
Nursing Standard. 26, 7, 72-76. doi: 10.7748/ns2011.10.26.7.72.c8763
Correspondencelouise.mckeeney@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
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