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(Fort Worth,
Texas) --- HEALTHPOINT, Ltd., a market leader in tissue management,
dermatology, and surgical products, has scheduled four satellite
programs and six scientific poster presentations at the 16th Symposium
on Advanced Wound Care beginning April 28 at Caesars Palace in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
More than 2,000 multidisciplinary practitioners, including nurses,
physicians, podiatrists, physical therapists, and others who treat
wound care patients, are expected to attend the symposium.
“
An important part of HEALTHPOINT’s commitment to advancing
wound care involves giving back through research and education,” said
Scott Goodridge, HEALTHPOINT Marketing Manager for Wound Management. “We
are pleased to be able to attend the symposium, where we can share
and exchange ideas with others in the advanced wound care community.
After all, it’s through education that we all learn and become
better resources for healthcare providers, and, in turn, for their
patients.”
The six poster presentations are on exhibit Tuesday, April 29 through
Thursday, May 1, from 7:00 a.m.
until 8:30 a.m. They are:
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“Case reports of the use of a wound matrix device developed
from small intestine submucosa in the management of skin graft
donor sites,” Dot Weir, RN, CWOCN, Richard Arabitg, MD,
and Dianne Higgins, RN, of Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando,
FL |
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“Use of lyophilized porcine intestinal submucosa to prevent
lower extremity amputations and promote long term dancing,” Michael
S. Miller, DO, FACOS, CWS of The Wound Healing Center, Terre
Haute, IN |
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“Using a trypsin containing ointment to
assist in healing the skin graft donor site,” Stanley N.
Carson, MD, FACS; Jackie Hebert, PT; and Stephanie Lee-Jahson,
PTA, CWS of Fountain Valley Regional Hospital Wound Care Program,
Fountain Valley, CA |
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“Methods to evaluate the safety and efficacy
of wound healing products,” Rainer Maas, MD of HEALTHPOINT,
Ltd., San Antonio, Texas; Otto H. Mills of Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ; and Monya L. Sigler of Stephens
Associates, Carrollton, TX |
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“Enhanced success in wound granulation:
combination of negative pressure therapy and a topical healing
ointment,” Dawn Walek, RN; Kathleen M. Nelson, RN, CWCN;
Jeffrey Niezgoda, MD, FACEP of St. Luke’s Medical Center,
Milwaukee, WI |
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“A comparison of the effectiveness of a
topical healing agent to wet to dry dressings in a surgical wound,” Jeffrey
Niezgoda, MD, FACEP; Dawn Walek, RN; and Kathleen M. Nelson,
RN, CWCN of St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, W |
HEALTHPOINT is also sponsoring four satellite programs at the meeting:
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Sunday, April 27, 6:30 p.m .to 8:00 p.m.
“ An OASIS? for Wounds, Right Here in the Desert,” Lincoln Pranikoff,
M.D., FACS |
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Monday April 28, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
‘ Hey Dude, Where’s My Care?’ Is the
Nursing Shortage Making
You Sick?” |
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Tuesday, April 29, 7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
“ Betting it All on RED, a Breakthrough Treatment
for Skin Breakdown and
Incontinence”
Mikel Gray, PhD, CUNP, CCN, FAAN, Professor & Nurse Practitioner, Department
of Urology and School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
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Wednesday, April 30, 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
“ PANAFIL? Pays in Three Ways. Come See How”
Patty Smith, MD, FACEP, Diabetes Institute of Texas in San Antonio |
HEALTHPOINT has encouraged conference attendees to visit the booth 417 on Tuesday
and Wednesday from
12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. for special “Telemedicine” sessions presented
by Dot Weir, RN, CWOCN and Walter Conlan, MD. Designed to discuss expectations
and provide an opportunity for dialogue, the sessions will demonstrate the “who,
what, when, where, and why” of HEALTHPOINT products. Continuing the theme
of learning through the remarkable new technological advances presented by television
and satellite capabilities, HEALTHPOINT will enter names of conference attendees
who take advantage of these “Telemedicine” sessions for eligibility
to win a plasma television.
“
We’re taking educational enlightenment to a fun level by offering these
promotions and prizes,” said Mr. Goodridge. “In fact, conference
attendees can bring hotel key cards---which list HEALTHPOINT products on the
front --- to our booth to see if they have won a digital camera.”
HEALTHPOINT, Ltd. was founded in 1992 and has established a national presence
in the research, development, and marketing of branded pharmaceuticals, over
the counter drugs, and medical devices for tissue management, dermatology, and
surgical. An aggressive research and development effort has brought HEALTHPOINT’s
unique technologies to the market, setting the pace for its highly trained national
field sales organization of direct sales representatives. HEALTHPOINT, with over
250 employees, is a DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc. affiliate company.
DFB, through its affiliates, contract
partners, and branded marketing organizations, provides technology-driven products,
outsourcing services, and in-licensing and
out-licensing opportunities to the healthcare industry worldwide.
HEALTHPOINT has headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, with an additional office
in Canada. Visit HEALTHPOINT’s web site at www.HEALTHPOINT.com.
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