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Enhancing a venous leg ulcer treatment pathway with compression wrap devices

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Enhancing a venous leg ulcer treatment pathway with compression wrap devices

Natalie Freeman

27 September 2015

District nurses spend about 25-65% of their time caring for patients with leg ulcers, with staff time and wound management costs continually rising (Thambiaya, 1996). In the North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT) tissue viability service, a recent internal case load audit was completed for the Essex integrated care directorate.

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