Providence Wound Care Clinic
Providence Wound Care Clinic offers hospital-based, physician-referral outpatient services for the evaluation, treatment and management of acute and chronic wounds and ostomies.
Wound care services
Our clinics offer a variety of services and testing to help patients who have chronic or complex wound care needs, including:
- Wound assessment and staging
- Case management
- Debridement (conservative sharp, mechanical, autolytic or enzymatic)
- Compression therapy
- Odor control
- Biopsy
- Graft support and preparation
- Transcutaneous oxygen monitoring
- Ankle/brachial index
- Neuropathic assessment
- Negative pressure therapy
- Patient and caregiver education
- Ostomy care services
- Pre-operative education and site marking for colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy procedures
- Postoperative assessment with patient and caregiver support and product management
- Assessment of stomal function, pouching system, stomal and peristomal skin concerns, and patient self-care concerns
- Recommendations for ostomy care, peristomal skin care, and prevention of peristomal and stomal complications
- Patient and family education for stomal care and for incorporation of ostomy into lifestyle
- Coordination and education of ostomy supply options and insurance issues
Resources
To provide comprehensive solutions, our clinicians provide assessment and intervention referral to other health care disciplines, including: