Vashe® - Clean It Like You Mean It
Wound care clinicians understand the importance of wound cleansing; wounds are warm and moist, creating the perfect breeding ground for bacteria and biofilm. To prevent this growth and help patients’ wounds heal, wounds need to be cleansed with a solution strong enough to disrupt biofilm and remove microbes while also being safe to use without causing further damage.
Hypochlorous acid is as safe as saline, but strong enough to mechanically remove microorganisms from the wound bed and impact biofilm. It can be used to: soak wounds, help remove necrotic tissue, saturate gauze or packing strips to make sure every area of the wound is cleansed, as well as used as an instillation option.
Join this informative webinar, supported by Urgo Medical, with guest speakers Kara Couch and Allison Lachaine as they:
- Present case studies demonstrating gentle and effective wound cleansing
- Review the benefits and features of hypochlorous acid
- Introduce Vashe® Wound Solution and its applications
Kara Couch MS, CRNP, CWS
Kara Couch graduated with her Masters of Science in Nursing (FNP) from Georgetown University in 2002. In 2004, she became a Certified Wound Specialist by the American Board of Wound Management. Her primary wound interests are in amputee care, wound infection and venous ulcers.
Currently Kara works as an NP in the Wound Healing and Limb Preservation Center at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. She is an assistant research clinical professor at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at George Washington University.
Kara lectures nationally on various wound topics and is also the primary author or co-author on numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles.
Allison Lachaine BScN, MN, IIWCC
Allison Lachaine has been a registered nurse for 13 years. She completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Trent University, a Masters of Nursing from Charles Stuart University, and the International Interprofessional Wound Care Course at the University of Toronto.
For the past 5 and a half years, Allison has been the Clinical Nurse Specialist for skin and wound care at Joseph Brant Hospital. This current role has fostered leadership in promoting best practice guidelines in wound prevention and management, while building efficiencies among the multidisciplinary health care team.
