11 October 2024 Research Pressure ulcer prevention for people with long-term neurological conditions (LTNCs) who self-manage care and live at home Delia Muirm, Laura McLarty, Jessica Drinkwater, Carole Bennett, Yvonne Birks, Andrea Broadway-Parkinson, Vanessa Cooksey, Phil Gleeson, Christy Holland, Lisa Ledger, Daniella-Jade Lowe, Andrea McGoverin, Jane Nixon, Tanya Perry, Heidi Sandoz, Brian Rawson, Yvonne Rawson, Nikki Stubbs, Kay Walker, Helen Whitaker, Susanne Coleman, view paper on the JTV website. This study utilises a participatory research approach, […] Full story
08 April 2024 News update SoTV Skin Care Champion wins prestigious JTV award Aila Evangelista from Atfield House Care Home in Twickenham self-funded to join our Skin Care Champion programme for the 2023-24 cohort. She decided to submit an entry in the Society of Tissue Viability category at the Journal of Wound Care 2024 Awards “Innovations in Care Home or Home Care setting”. She submitted her work as […] Full story
26 February 2024 Journal of Tissue Viability, Research Patients ‘acceptance’ of chronic wound-associated pain Patients ‘acceptance’ of chronic wound-associated pain – a qualitative descriptive study Sebastian Probst, Geraldine Gschwind, Louise Murphy , Duygu Sezgin , Peter Carr, Caroline McIntosh, Georgina Gethin, view paper on the JTV website. This paper starts by telling us that chronic wound-associated pain has a negative impact on the quality of life of individuals and […] Full story
23 January 2024 News update Don’t let anyone tell you it’s not your role if it is something that interests you Name Samantha Rooney Day job Senior Physiotherapist (Team Leader) in Neuro Critical Care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham Current SoTV roles Trustee, member of the Strategy working group, and Lead for the Associate Forum Q1- When did you realise you wanted to specialise in tissue viability? My clinical specialty for my Physiotherapy career is […] Full story
24 July 2023 Journal of Tissue Viability Becoming a peer reviewer of the Journal of Tissue Viability About the Journal of Tissue Viability (JTV) Did you know that as part of your membership with the Society of Tissue Viability, you get free quarterly copies of the Journal of Tissue Viability? The Journal of Tissue Viability has an Impact Factor (a measure of importance or rank of a journal) of 3.374, ranking it […] Full story
13 July 2023 Research Interventions, stakeholders and organisation related to pressure ulcer prevention for individuals with spinal cord injuries in transition from hospital to home – A scoping review Knaerke Soegaard, Martin Sollie, Dimitri Beeckman, Fin Biering-Sørensen, Jens Ahm-Sørensen, view paper on the JTV website. This is a scoping review, which aims to assess the potential size and scope of available literature in a particular research area. This review looks at any studies that included an initiaitive, organisational components and/or stakeholders’ perspectives on pressure […] Full story
11 July 2023 Community The importance of the Society of Tissue Viability’s Trustee election – voting closes 14th August Read the latest blog from Tina Chambers, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Tissue Viability, on the importance of the 2023 SoTV Trustee Elections “The Society is in the fortunate position to need to hold an election to elect 3 new trustees, the last election was back in 2020. An election is on the cards every year, […] Full story
05 July 2023 News update Strategies for successful digital transformation projects – webinar supported by Healthy.io We were delighted to work in partnership with Healthy.io to deliver a webinar on 28 June. The session serves as an extremely useful resource for any clinicians or team leaders trying to get digital technology off the ground in their organisation. Watch the webinar on catch up About the webinar It takes a deep dive […] Full story
15 June 2023 News update Wound pain: can we do better? Webinar supported by Accel-Heal Technologies Hear a patients perspective of living with a painful wound Watch the webinar on catch up About the webinar The webinar took place on 6 June 2023 in partnership with Accel-Heal Technologies Ltd about the subject of pain. The objectives of the session were: To describe the different types of pain and how they are […] Full story
19 April 2023 News update Attending a tissue viability conference for the first time? Attending a conference for the very first time can be very daunting and anxiety provoking My very first Conference was The Fourth National Pressure Sore Symposium in April of 1988 in Bath. I had been a Registered Nurse for 7 months and was 22 years of age. I went alone. I remember feeling very nervous […] Full story
29 March 2023 News update Can you envisage a world without skin tears? Skin tears affect all ages and continue to be a common problem in all health care settings. They are often painful, acute wounds resulting from trauma to the skin, and are largely preventable. The International Skin Tear Advisory Panel (ISTAP) and the Society of Tissue Viability formed a partnership in July 2021 to raise awareness […] Full story
29 March 2023 News update NICE Surgical Site Infection Update Committee are looking for new committee members NICE are advertising for committee member to join their Surgical Site Infection Update Committee. They are seeking the following roles: A microbiologist A surgeon An infection control practitioner A pharmacist If you or anyone you know would be interested in applying for any of these roles, please visit their website for more information on how […] Full story