This is a summary of the study setup and most important findings of a scientific paper focusing on health economics of Woulgan published in Journal of Wound Care (JWC) July 2019. It is part of our “In a nutshell” series where we report the basics of all the scientific papers making up the Evidence for … Continue reading ›
This is a summary of the study setup and most important findings of a scientific paper published in Journal of Wound Care (JWC) in September 2018. It is part of our “In a nutshell” series where we report the basics of all the scientific papers making up the Evidence for Woulgan, to make the findings … Continue reading ›
The Woulgan team has been lucky to get the chance to talk to nurse and midwife Christina Gamst at Tromsdalen medical practice, a general practitioner unit in Tromsø, Norway. Organisation/History Tromsdalen medical practice is a GP collective consisting of 6 physicians with about 9000 assigned patients. Their staff consists of 3 medical employees, which in … Continue reading ›
Woulgan Bioactive Beta-Glucan Gel is an active treatment for both acute and chronic wounds where wound healing is stalled, or is anticipated to heal slower than normal or is at high risk of becoming stalled. Woulgan has typical gel properties and contains the ancillary medicinal componant soluble beta-glucan (SBG), which activates white blood cells, in particular macrophages, essential for proper … Continue reading ›
Wound healing is a complex topic and with new technologies and knowledge arising constantly, wound care routines change over time. Thus, what was regarded as best practice 5 years ago, doesn’t necessarily still have to be best practice today. This is also the case for chronic wound management and the treatment of stalled wounds. Therefore … Continue reading ›
When wound healing stalls, it affects both, the health care practitioner and the patient. The health care professional is not only faced with the management of a wound that is at risk of becoming chronic, but also with long term time restraints as wound dressing changes and assessment are time consuming as well as cost demanding, and … Continue reading ›