A member of the Tissue Viability Service (TVS) should be available to provide advice Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please be aware the TVS is NOT a dressing service and therefore TVS staff do not supply wound care products or compression bandages<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Tissue Viability Service Provision documents, referral processes, response times and guidance see Tissue Viability – Intranet site<\/a>. See individual pages and guidelines on TV Intranet pages for more specific advice in Primary Care Management section below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For general enquiries and referrals from Health care professionals see email address on Tissue Viability – Intranet site<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n GE & RR 23.02.20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow the link for your area on the Tissue Viability Referral Page<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Leg Ulcer Guidance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pressure Ulcer Prevention, Management and Reporting<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n General wound care advice and pathways are in the Primary Care Management tab<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have access to the NHS Lothian Intranet this can all be found via this link COVID-19 Community TV resources (Intranet)<\/a> (Intranet) \u00b7 Leg Ulcer Management and Resources-April 2020.pdf<\/a> – with links to websites, videos, and support contact details \u00b7 Ordering Compression Hosiery Products for Home Delivery (Covid 2020).pdf<\/a> – Activa Compression Hosiery Products <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This nurse-led service provides specialist advice for the management of patients with: Complex wounds, Wound healing challenges and Pressure Ulcer prevention. Diabetic Foot Ulcers should always be referred to Diabetic Podiatry Teams or Clinics A member of the Tissue Viability Service (TVS) should be available to provide advice Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays). Please be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4504,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[683],"class_list":["post-4474","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-tissue-viability"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":" Tissue Viability<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"This nurse-led service provides specialist advice for the management of patients with: Complex wounds, Wound healing challenges and Pressure Ulcer prevention. Diabetic Foot Ulcers should always be referred to Diabetic Podiatry Teams or Clinics A member of the Tissue Viability Service (TVS) should be available to provide advice Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays). Please be","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4474"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23483,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4474\/revisions\/23483"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Diabetic Foot Ulcers should always be referred to Diabetic Podiatry Teams or Clinics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n
Please note different process for Adults, Children and some community areas<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Who can refer:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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How to refer:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Wound Management (General)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Acute Wounds<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Chronic and Infected wounds<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Leg Ulcers\/wounds<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Community Resources to Support Patient Involvement in Wound Care <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
If you are unable to link then please access documents below:
\u00b7 Letter to patients re involvement in wound care V1-27-03-20.pdf<\/a>
\u00b7 Patient involvement in wound care – set up checklist V1-27-03-20.pdf<\/a>– Set-up checklist for community team
\u00b7 How to care for your wound V1 27-03-20.pdf<\/a> – step-by-step process
\u00b7 ANTT Wound Process GUIDE Nov 2019.pdf<\/a> – which process to choose for which wound type
\u00b7 Simple Wound Care Nov 2019.pdf<\/a> -photographic process (will print in B&W as well as colour)
\u00b7 Complex Wound Care Nov 2019.pdf<\/a> – photographic process (will print in B&W as well as colour)
\u00b7 Patient Wound Care Record V1-27-03-20.pdf<\/a>
\u00b7 Wound Care Plan V1-27-03-20.pdf<\/a>
\u00b7 Top tips for reducing wound care visit time-02-04-20.pdf<\/a>
Patient Information leaflets
\u00b7 Chronic Wounds and infection
A4 version of PIL Chronic Wounds.pdf<\/a>
A5 version of PIL Chronic Wounds.pdf<\/a>
\u00b7 C-Section Patient Information Leaflet.pdf<\/a>
\u00b7 Prevent Pressure Ulcers – Order via PECOS system -(Lot 1452, PandaPrint < \u00a32 per 100)
\u00b7 Patient cellulitis leaflet.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nLeg Ulcer Management, Resources and Ordering\/Support from companies<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 BPS Compression Hosiery 2nd Ed 2015-April 2020.pdf<\/a> – Compression Hosiery Best Practice Statement (2nd Ed 2015)
\u00b7 Cellulitis pathway-April 2020.pdf<\/a> – Cellulitis of Lower Limb Guidance<\/p>\n\n\n\nCompany Specific Information, Ordering and Home Delivery<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Ordering Ready Wrap Covid 2020.pdf<\/a> – Activa ReadyWrap – Ordering and Home Delivery
\u00b7 Haddenham – Making it Easier to Order 2020.pdf<\/a> – EasyWrap (Haddenham) – Ordering and measurement guide
\u00b7 Ordering FarrowWraps from JOBST Delivered 2020.pdf<\/a> – FarrowWrap (Jobst) – Ordering and Home Delivery
\u00b7 Remote support Medi UK 2020.pdf<\/a>
\u00b7 Chronic Oedema-COVID 19-April 2020.pdf<\/a> – Haddenham – Additional Information re support\/training<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n