About World Wide Wounds

Publishing policy

World Wide Wounds recognises the strengths of existing journals in this field - but also the inherent weaknesses of the paper-bound medium. The journal will be published on a 'rolling' basis; both the selection of materials and the content of individual articles will be updated. For example, authors will be given the opportunity to correct errors as soon as we are aware of them, or add material suggested by readers, if appropriate. Any such changes will be signposted, and acknowledgement given for enhancements. Until now, simple errors of fact, by author, editor or reviewer have been immortal, often perpetuated in later articles. Corrections on the printed page may be missed and are rarely, if ever, available to later research.

World Wide Wounds aims to become an indispensable resource, complementing the current range of paper journals. The journal will seek to monitor and raise the standard of reference material available to professionals with an interest in wound management, working with individuals, organisations and industry to meet these aims.

World Wide Wounds can respond rapidly to new developments, allowing peer discussion of new products as soon as evaluations are published. While important issues can be debated at conferences, this involves relatively small numbers of people; discussion in World Wide Wounds can complement local discussion on a wider scale.

World Wide Wounds can publish as often and as much as the editor wishes. There is no need to hold over 'excess' material until next month due to lack of space, no temptation to lower standards to fill a quiet issue.

As a purely electronic journal, World Wide Wounds intends to use all the flexibility the medium offers. Please help us to build this journal using the feedback form

Published by the Surgical Materials Testing Laboratories, Bridgend, Wales, UK

Management

World Wide Wounds is run by a management group, consisting of:

Dr. Stephen Thomas, B.Pharm, Ph.D, M.R.Pharm.S.

Director of SMTL, Steve Thomas is the author of two textbooks on wound management and has published some 60 papers on pharmaceutical or wound management topics. He is the editor and publisher of The Dressings Times and is on the editorial board of MIMS and the Journal of Wound Care. He is also a member of the Committee L of the British Pharmacopoeia.
E-mail: steve@smtl.co.uk

Peter Phillips, B.Pharm, M.R.Pharm.S, DMS (Health).

Web Master and Deputy Director of SMTL, Pete usually deals with the medical disposables side of the lab (gloves, catheters, IV sets etc) while Steve deals with dressings and wound management.

Pete also maintains and administers all the IT side of the lab, including the SMTL web site. Thus he is responsible for actually getting the documents onto the site and making sure they work (as well as ensuring that the editor uses appropriate SGML/HTML tags!).

Any technical questions about the journal (e.g., about links that don't work, or problems with the HTML) should be directed to Pete.
E-mail: pete@smtl.co.uk

Professional Advisors

In addition, we are in the process of inviting experts from around the world to join an advisory group. They will assist the editor and management group with professional advice, as well as forming a standing group of reviewers.

Each advisor will bring experience and commitment to the journal, and ensure that World Wide Wounds continues to develop and become the indispensable internet resource in wound management.

Liza G. Ovington, Ph.D., C.W.S.

An independent consultant in wound management and education and is the president of Ovington and Associates, Inc. currently based in South Florida. Liza is board certified in wound management by the American Academy of Wound Management and was recently elected to their Board of Directors. She is a member of the Wound Healing Society and the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care and serves as the editor of the latter's quarterly newsletter.

Liza is also the consulting editor and contributor to a national, monthly, eponymous newsletter devoted to Wound Care and published by American Health Consultants. She presently holds adjunct faculty status at both the University of Miami School of Medicine in the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, and at the Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine in Miami.
E-mail: lizao@msn.com

Diane Krasner, PhD, RN, CETN, CWS

Dr. Krasner is a board certified ET Nurse and Diplomat of the American Academy of Wound Management. She has extensive experience in wound, ostomy and incontinence care. Diane received her Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate in Nursing from the University of Maryland School of Nursing and a Masters in Adult and Continuing Education from The Johns Hopkins University School of Continuing Studies. She is currently the JJMI Postdoctoral Nurse Fellow at The Center for Nursing Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Diane serves on the editorial advisory boards of Ostomy/Wound Management and WOUNDS and is the co-editor of the second edition of Chronic Wound Care.
E-mail: dlkrasner@aol.com

References

Citations which include abstracts are all linked to PubMed, a service provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. World Wide Wounds does not own the copyright of these abstracts. International conventions apply; you may download a copy of an abstract for personal use. For further details, please see PubMed's Restriction on Use Notice http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/restrictions.html, which includes the NLM's Downloading Policy.

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