Reducing the Risk of Surgical Wound Complications: Best Practice Approaches in Surgical Wound Care Study Day
Summary: The Society of Tissue Viability’s virtual study day (Dec 4, 2025, 9:30am-4pm via Zoom) explores causes of surgical wound complications across specialties and evidence-based prevention strategies. With ~10M surgical wounds annually in the UK (20% failing to heal in 12 months, costing the NHS billions), the event targets clinicians in pre/intra/post-op care, offering up to 5 hours of NMC participatory learning for revalidation. Free registration (bookings closed, but recordings may be available); focuses on dehiscence, NPWT, antimicrobials, and device injuries.
Key Highlights:
- Agenda: C-section dehiscence (Anna Thompson), classification (Heidi Sandoz), cosmetic surgery management (Laura Spence), NPWT in orthopedics (Lucia Gallagher), airway fixation (Dawn Stott), topical antimicrobials (Paulo Ramos).
- Speakers: Sarah Gardner (welcome), plus experts from Guy’s & St Thomas’, Hertfordshire NHS, Royal Marsden, Charing Cross Hospital.
- Outcomes: Understand risk factors, classification, surgical/antimicrobial strategies, NPWT use, device prevention; Q&A after each session.
- Location: Online (Zoom); free, but limited spots.
- Implications: Equips teams to reduce 20% non-healing rate; relevant for tissue viability nurses, AHPs, podiatrists.
Keywords: surgical wound, dehiscence, NPWT, antimicrobials, device injury, Sarah Gardner, Anna Thompson, Heidi Sandoz