Tissue Viability Service service
Support offered
The service provides a range of specialist wound management including:
- Prevention of pressure damage via equipment, education and training and risk assessment
- Management of pressure damage
- Wound assessment and management
- Provision of specialist advice including the development of treatment protocols and wound care formulary
- Treatment of venous leg ulcers including compression therapy, bandage technique, differential diagnosis and advice for healed leg ulcers
- Use of specialist wound management products such as:
- Maggot therapy (larvae)
- Topical negative pressure therapy (V.A.C, venturi)
- Flowtron therapy
- Versajet therapy
Wound Care Formulary
Accessing the service
- Tel: 01226 645180 general
Referral contact number 01226 644575
Referral guidelines
Referrals accepted from
A & E, AHPs, CMHTs, Consultants, GP staff, GPs, Hospital staff, Midwives, Other NHS services
- Clinical support group
Cancer, Palliative Care, Pain and Older People
Dermatology, MSK and Rheumatology
Cardiovascular and Lipids
- Clinical support area
- Service type
- Specialist community nursing
- Dermatology and skin
- Condition or indicators
- ProviderSouth West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Fax number
- Email address
- Website
- Clinical support by body system
- Link
- Bypass detail pageNo
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