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Extended Care Product News - ISSN: 0895-2906 - Volume 93 - Issue 3 - May 2004
Tracy Kania, RN, BSN, CRRN

When Systems Overlap: Monitoring and Managing Pressure Ulcers
Nancy Day, RN, CRRN, CLNC

Fall Prevention: A Look At Restraint-Free Options
Michael J. McGovern

OASIS: More Than Just an Assessment
Pamela Teenier, RN, MBA, CHCE, and Ben Peirce, RN, ET, CWOCN

Compression and Offloading: Secrets to Healing Lower Leg Ulcers
Cynthia A. Fleck, RN, BSN, ET, WOCN, CWS, DAPWCA

Better Safe Than Sorry—Tips to Control Foodborne Illnesses
Nancy Collins, PhD, RD, LD/N

Wander Prevention: The People Factor
Steven Elder

Ask Mabel
Karen Kennedy-Evans, RN, CS, FNP, and Elena Walls, RNC, CRRN

Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Use of a Silver-Hydrogel Coated Urinary Catheter at a Cancer Institute
Peggy Ann Hazamy, RN, BSN, CIC
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Liko Introduces New Patient Lifts

Debriding Ointment Now Available to Medicaid Patients

New Software for WatchMate® Wander Prevention System

Hartmann-Conco Inc. Expands Sterilux™ Gauze Sponge Product Line
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CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDANCE: THE UTILIZATION OF ADJUSTABLE LOW BEDS IN THE PREVENTION OF FALLS AND INJURIOUS FALLS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
Fall Management Technology: Can a New Generation Position Monitor Assist with F-Tag 323 Compliance?
Using Medications Appropriately
Creating a Culture of Safety
Answering Skin and Wound Questions
Medicare Enhances QIO Program Oversight
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