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Karen Ousey

Professor of Skin Integrity, Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention, University of Huddersfield, UK

IWII Wound Infection in Clinical Practice consensus document: 2022 update

The document was updated by the IWII Board using a team-based approach. The project chairs coordinated the development team, a methodologist/medical writer identified the relevant literature,...

Establishing a consensus on wound infection definitions

The study sought to explore wound infection-related terminology through a rapid review of definitions in common use in current consensus documents and clinical guidelines, and then to achieve...

Clinical indicators of wound infection and biofilm: reaching international consensus

The aim of this study was to reach international consensus relating to clinical indicators for a chronic wound, wound infection and biofilm presence to inform the development of international clinical...