Clinical Tools & Resources

Evidence-based guidelines, quick-reference tools, and patient education materials developed by WHS to support clinicians and researchers at every stage of wound care.

Wound Care Guidelines

Foundational clinical guidelines for wound care best practices. These are the core reference documents that inform
all WHS-recommended care standards. Links courtesy of Wiley’s Wound Repair and Regeneration.

Chronic Wound Care
Guidelines

Acute Wound Care Guidelines

Prevention Guidelines

Guidelines by Topic

Specialized guidance organized by wound type. These topic-specific resources build on the core guidelines
above with condition-focused recommendations and clinical modules. Through a partnership with AvoMD,
select WHS guidelines for pressure ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers are now accessible directly in the EHR and AvoMD app. News

Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Available guidelines:

Pressure Ulcers

Available guidelines:

Arterial Ulcers

Available guidelines:

Venous Ulcers

Available guidelines:

Chronic Wounds

Available guidelines:

Chronicles of Wound Scene Investigation

Case-based electronic flipbooks drawn from WHS and SAWC meeting sessions going back to 2010. Each flipbook
follows a clinical case through patient presentation, pathophysiology, underlying mechanisms, treatment, and evidence-based pearls.

Original Panelists: Bob Diegelmann, Greg Schultz, Lillian Nanney, Dot Weir, Lisa Gould, Lee Ruotsi

Bacterial Toxigenesis (2013)

Biologics (2013)

Calcinosis Cutis, Wound Cleansers and Antiseptics (2016)

Charcot Foot Deformity (2012)

Chondrodermatitis Nodularis Helicis (2017)

Chronic Pressure Ulcers: Flaps may not be the ideal solution (2011)

Chronic Wound Environment (2012)

Epithelialization (2014)

Epithelialization (2011)

Hidradenitis Suppurative (2017)

Hidradenitis Suppurative (2014)

Hyperbaric and Topical Oxygen (2022)

Infected Sternal Wounds (2010)

Inflammatory Ulcers (2018)

Leg Ulcers, Coagulopathy, Gout (2018)

Malignancies Masquerading as Chronic Wounds (2011)

MRSA Abscess (2010)

Options for Grafting to Heal Chronic Wounds (2016)

Osteomyelitis (2012)

Pyoderma Gangrenosum (2014)

Pyoderma Gangrenosum (2012)

Scar Wars (2011)

Skin Tears (2019)

Vasculitis (2015)

Wounds & Skin Cancer (2015)

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Clinical Tools & Resources

Wound Care Guidelines

Chronic Wound CareGuidelines

Acute Wound Care Guidelines

Prevention Guidelines

Guidelines by Topic

Chronicles of Wound Scene Investigation

Bacterial Toxigenesis (2013)

Biologics (2013)

Calcinosis Cutis, Wound Cleansers and Antiseptics (2016)

Charcot Foot Deformity (2012)

Chondrodermatitis Nodularis Helicis (2017)

Chronic Pressure Ulcers: Flaps may not be the ideal solution (2011)

Chronic Wound Environment (2012)

Epithelialization (2014)

Epithelialization (2011)

Hidradenitis Suppurative (2017)

Hidradenitis Suppurative (2014)

Hyperbaric and Topical Oxygen (2022)

Infected Sternal Wounds (2010)

Inflammatory Ulcers (2018)

Leg Ulcers, Coagulopathy, Gout (2018)

Malignancies Masquerading as Chronic Wounds (2011)

MRSA Abscess (2010)

Options for Grafting to Heal Chronic Wounds (2016)

Osteomyelitis (2012)

Pyoderma Gangrenosum (2014)

Pyoderma Gangrenosum (2012)

Scar Wars (2011)

Skin Tears (2019)

Vasculitis (2015)

Wounds & Skin Cancer (2015)

Ready to Get Involved?

Chronic Wound Care
Guidelines