OSTOMY AND WOUND CARE SERVICES
Enhance Outcomes with Tailored, Evidence-Based Therapies
Overview
Living with wounds, whether acute, chronic, or surgical can complicate a patient’s life and interfere with relationships; but they don’t have to deal with it alone. VHHS provides healing and supportive services for patients in post-acute care settings, including homes, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home care agencies, etc.
Services
Wound Care
- Venous stasis ulcers
- Arterial ulcers
- Diabetic (neuropathic) ulcers
- Pressure injury
- Chronic non-healing wounds
- Surgical wounds
- Draining wounds
- Skin graft & surgical flap care
- Post-radiation wounds/burns
- Autoimmune wounds
- Burns
Ostomy Care
- Colostomy
- Ileostomy
- Urostomy
- Problem stomas
- Peristomal skin disorders
- Ostomy support group
- Pre-operative ostomy education (inpatient)
- Stoma marking (inpatient/outpatient)
- Ostomy equipment fitting
- Post-operative ostomy education & follow-up
- Incision management
Our Therapies
- VAC therapy
- Compression therapy
- Wound debridement
- Advanced wound dressings
- Bio-engineered skin grafting
- SNAP therapy system
- Collagen/ORC dressing
- Hydropolymer foam dressings
- Edema management
- Non-invasive vascular assessment
- Transcutaneous oxygen monitoring
- Nutritional assessment & counseling
- Patient & caregiver counseling
- Epidermal harvesting system
- Hydro-Alginate antimicrobial dressings
- Hydropolymer foam dressings
OUR APPROACH
Each individual affected by non-healing wounds are experience is unique. As a result, we utilize a patient-centered, multidisciplinary approach to ensure patients receive the best wound care possible. Our broad portfolio of treatment technologies and therapies enable VHHS to offer customized wound care solutions. Our wound care specialists are empowered to:
- Make treatment decisions faster
- Facilitate healing and patient recovery
- Manage patient and every stage of healing, across multiple settings
- Optimize both clinical and economic outcomes.
Education & Training
We offer a wide range of statewide educational and training event opportunities to help healthcare professionals meet their individual learning needs through live training, CME/CE activities and in-service.
Affiliations & Credibility
- Practice Standards and Guidelines Compliance:
- American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)
- The Infusion Nurses Society (INS)
- The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
- The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)
- The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
- Policy & Procedures Manual covers Administrative, Operational, Clinical, QAPI, Infections Control, Drug Administration, Equipment Maintenance, etc. (reviewed annually).
Accreditation
VHHS is accredited by Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for quality assurance and compliance. ACHC’s accreditation program that helps organizations improve operations and the quality of patient care and services they provide.