Joint Wound Care Formulary - Primary and Secondary Care


Introduction

The Grampian Wound Care Formulary has been developed to support clinicians within Grampian who are prescribing and/or applying wound care products. The aim of the formulary is to promote safe, evidence-based, effective and economical prescribing. 
The formulary is applicable to primary and secondary care, and there may be some variations between primary and secondary care provision of products. The formulary will also be made available to Care Homes across Grampian so their clinical practice reflects local guidance.

The formulary has been devised by a group of practitioners with knowledge and expertise, who are clinically responsible for wound care management. It provides a choice of products that are clinically- and cost-effective to manage the vast majority of wounds.
The products within the formulary are the only products that are to be used in wound care, unless there are particular circumstances where specialist wound care providers have deemed it appropriate to prescribe out with, i.e. Tissue Viability, Dermatology, Vascular, Podiatry, Plastic Surgery. Adoption of the formulary should ensure continuity of wound care across the primary and secondary care settings.

Good Practice in Wound Management

  • Practitioners should have the skills and knowledge to manage wounds
  • Patients with a wound need a holistic assessment
  • Wounds need to be regularly reassessed
  • Dressing selection should be evidence-based and cost-effective
  • Dressing selection should encourage moist wound healing - where appropriate
  • Dressing selection should be appropriate to the stage of the wound healing
  • Antimicrobial products should only be used where an increased risk of infection or clinical signs of infection are apparent. Once an infection has resolved (recommend use of up to 14 days unless stated otherwise) treatment with an antimicrobial dressing should be stopped.
    Note: Clear instructions on the duration of antimicrobials, in most instances this should be restricted to two weeks unless there is clear clinical justification to continue for longer. If there are any concerns that the infection, local or systemic, may continue, antimicrobial therapy should not be stopped. In line with good practice, continued assessment of the wound should be undertaken.
  • Regular assessment and management of wounds should be documented in the wound assessment chart.  Generic wound assessment forms are available for use across Grampian - Stock number ZKB902
  • Wound pain should be assessed and controlled as appropriate

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Joint Wound Care Formulary

  • Full guidance: Link opens in new windowNHSG Joint Wound Care Formulary for primary and secondary care [PDF 365KB]

    • Please note:     this is a large document and should not be printed unless needed. The individual products can be viewed from the list below.
 
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Link opens in new windowIntroduction [PDF 27KB]
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Link opens in new windowActivon® Tube [PDF 19KB]
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Link opens in new windowAllevyn® Heel [PDF 20KB]
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Link opens in new windowGranuflex® [PDF 24KB]
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