Hands-On Pre-Conference Workshop: Wound Infection Day

Thursday, November 2, 2023

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT

Location: Julius 1-4

Moderator/Speaker(s)

Abigail E. Chaffin, MD, FACS, CWSP, MAPWCA

MD
Tulane University School of Medicine
Metairie, Louisiana

Speaker(s)

ELIZABETH ANN FAUST, MSN, CRNP

Nurse Practitioner
Lizzie Wounds LLC.
Douglassville, Pennsylvania
Luis G. Fernández, MD, KHS, KCOEG, FACS, FASAS, FCCP, FCCM, FICS

Professor of Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, Div. of Trauma Surgery/Surgical Critical Care, University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, Medical Director, Trauma Wound Care, UT Health East, Tyler, Texas
U OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER-TYLER
Tyler, Texas
Paul J. Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS

Professor, Medical Director
University of Texas Southwestern
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, TX
Carol Marshall Hanson, MSN RN CWON

Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
Austin, TX
Dot M. Weir, RN, CWON, CWS

Clinician / Educator
SARATOGA HOSPITAL WOUND HEALING
Gansevoort, New York

Supported by an educational grant from Urgo Foundation.
In-kind support provided by LifeNet Health, Misonix and Moleculight.

A maximum of 4 additional CME/CPME/CE-credit hours are offered through this pre-conference workshop. This event is not part of the official SAWC meeting programming and provides separate continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives:

Investigate why infection is such a burden and hard to solve
Explore why there are different implications based on acute or chronic, young or old, healthy or comorbid
Describe how clinicians manage risk of infection, and infection currently
Recognize the health economics of getting control of infections sooner rather than later
Explore the current consensus guidelines on managing wound infection and what is on the horizon
Examine the challenges to get new technologies to patients at the practitioner level