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Laceration Care: How to Care for a Wound at Home

Learn how to care for a wound at home that has been stapled, sutured, taped, glued or simply left open to heal, and watch out for these signs of infection.

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS
Ostomy Guide

Introducing Our Free Living Well with an Ostomy Guide – 2nd Edition

Order a copy of our Living Well With an Ostomy guide, 2nd edition! This guide includes information on how to care for your colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy.

John Maynard
tube feeding

Tube Feeding My Child: What is the Safest Way to Handle the Bag Between Feedings?

Children on tube feeding are commonly fed via bolus method through a pump. What is the safest way to handle the bag between feedings?

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS
ENFit connectors

Are You Ready for ENFit? New Feeding Tube Connectors: Video

Our Corporate Registered Dietitian explains ENFit, why it's happening and which enteral devices will adopt ENFit connectors in 2017.

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS
Catheter problems

Video & Slides: Troubleshooting Issues with Catheters Webinar

Urinary catheters for patients come with a number of challenges and risks. This webinar will cover how to solve catheter problems.

Aimee Sharp
Wound Healing

5 Lifestyle Factors That Affect Wound Healing

There are so many issues to think about when it comes to treating wounds, but lifestyle factors can also influence a wound's healing.

John Maynard
Cranberries Help Urinary Tract Infections

Cranberries Help Urinary Tract Infections, But Not as Juice

Do cranberries help urinary tract infections? Research shows dashing out for a bottle of cranberry juice when a UTI hits may not be so helpful after all...

Aimee Sharp
Intestinal Blockage

Intestinal Blockages

Shield HealthCare describes and provides information on what to expect with an intestinal blockage. Suggestions to resolve blockages included. 

Laura Cox, LPC
Cancer Prevention Month

How Wounds Heal: The 4 Main Phases of Wound Healing

The body is a complex and remarkable machine, and the dynamic process of wound healing is a great example of how our body’s different systems, along with the proper wound care products, work together to repair and replace devitalized tissues. But how, exactly, does our body heal? When the skin is injured, our body sets into… Continue reading How Wounds Heal: The 4 Main Phases of Wound Healing

John Maynard
Children with Autism

Six Reasons Children with Autism Have Eating Issues

Up to 80% of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder are selective eaters. Your child with autism may eat fewer fruits and vegetables.

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS
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