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Wound Care

Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care’s Advanced Wound Care program, located at the main campus in Hartwell, can be the best solution in the region for individuals with wound conditions that are:

• healing too slowly
• worsening
• causing discomfort or pain
• prompting a primary care physician to refer the patient to a specialist.

What We Do

We provide comprehensive care for inpatients with non-healing wounds caused by:

• Ostomies
• Diabetes
• Traumatic wounds and others
• Burns and reconstructive surgery
• Post-surgical complications
• Compromised skin grafts
• Ulcers caused by vasculitis and sickle cell anemia

Our Wound Care program is the only one of its kind in the country with a wound care-certified staff dedicated exclusively to wound care. Team members use innovative, evidence-based treatment protocols, allowing the program to achieve outcomes that surpass national benchmarks. These include:

• 90% of inpatients experience wound volume reduction of 50% or better in four weeks (a recent clinical study indicated that a 50% reduction in 12 weeks is a good indicator of healing);
• Complete healing for 55% of patients with complex surgical/trauma wounds.

Comprehensive Therapies for All Wound Conditions

• Treatment options like bioengineered skin substitutes, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, negative pressure wound therapy and wound vacuum system, transcutaneous oxygen monitoring, electrical stimulation, pulsatile lavage and more
• Bariatric hyperbaric oxygen chambers to treat complex wounds for persons up to 700 pounds
• Partnerships with our physical therapy department to provide wheelchair fittings, helping to provide the right fit to wheelchairs to prevent pressure ulcers from forming
• State-of-the-art, Web-based system to track wound care outcomes and progress over time
• Participation in wound research to develop new treatments and best practices.

For more information on Daniel Drake Center’s Advanced Wound Care program, call 513-418-HEAL (4325).

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