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Professional Learning Available from 3M
3M is committed to providing education to our valued customers as a way to foster best practice wound care and improve clinical and economic outcomes.
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3M’s educational and clinical resources can be accessed through the 3M Skin & Wound Care Sales Specialist or by calling the 3M Health Care Customer Helpline at 1-800-228-3957. |
Continuing Education Programs - e-Learning Format
| Contact your local 3M Skin and Wound Care Sales Specialist for access to these programs |
- Wound Assessment and Documentation
- Management of Lower Extremity Venous Disease (LEVD)
- Sorting it Out: Assessment, Differentiation and Management of Lower Extremity Leg Ulcers
Available Fall 2008
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention
- Pressure Ulcer Management
- Wound Management
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Continuing Education Programs - Webstream Format
| Contact your local 3M Skin and Wound Care Sales Specialist for access to these programs |
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Continuing Education Programs - On-Site
| Contact your local rep to make arrangements for these programs. |
- Content: We offer a broad array of continuing education programs on skin and wound care. Content is developed using the latest evidence-based references, resources and professional guidelines.
- Faculty: Programs are delivered by 3M’s board-certified wound care consultants and guest faculty.
- Intended audience: Registered nurses, licensed practical/vocational nurses, and physical therapists. Selected courses are intended specifically for clinicians specializing in skin and wound care.
- Continuing education credit: 3M is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 5770. Nurse participants may receive continuing education credit upon completion of education modules unless otherwise noted.
- Format: Most courses are one hour in length unless otherwise noted. Courses can be combined into one-half or full day on-site programs customized to facility need.
- Wound Healing
- Wound Assessment and Documentation
- Etiology of Common Wounds
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention
- Essentials of F-Tag 314: Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Care
- Pressure Ulcer Management
- Management of the Sacrococcygeal Pressure Ulcer
- Wound Management
- Essentials of Topical Therapy
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- Principles of Dressing Selection
- Management of Hard to Heal and Infected Wounds
- Lower Extremity Ulcerations
- Incontinence Skin Care
- Urinary Incontinence: Assessment, Management and Skin Care
- Essentials of Urinary Incontinence and F-Tag 315
- Understanding Compression Therapy - Materials and Methods
- Taping with Care
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Continuing Education Programs - DVD/Workbook Format
- Lower Extremity Ulcerations
- Urinary Incontinence
- Tape with Care
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Product Training - DVD/Video Format
Each program covers product description, indications for use, product application and product removal techniques
- 3M ™ Wound Cleaner
- 3M™ Tegaderm™ Absorbent Clear Acrylic Dressings
- 3M™ Tegaderm™ Alginate Dressings
- 3M™ Tegaderm™ Ag Mesh Dressing with Silver
- 3M™ Tegaderm™ Foam Dressings
- 3M™ Tegaderm™ Hydrocolloid Dressings
- 3M™ Tegaderm™ Hydrogel Wound Filler
- 3M™ Tegaderm™ Contact Layer
- 3M™ Cavilon™ No String Barrier Film
- 3M™ Cavilon™ Durable Barrier Cream
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Virtual Product Training - CD and Web Format
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Indication Specific Tools - Print Format
3M Essential Solutions for:
- Skin Damage Prevention – Friction and Shear
- Skin Damage Prevention – IV Site
- Incontinence Skin Care
- Skin Tears
- Hard to Dress Wounds
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- Stalled Wounds
- Lower Extremities
- Tube Site Skin Integrity
- Periwound Skin Care
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Additional Clinical Resources
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Customized Protocol Development:
Board-certified WOCNs and wound care specialists collaborate with customers to develop facility-specific protocols by wound type to facilitate appropriate and consistent care. |
3M Skin Health Pressure Ulcer Staging Pocket Reference Guide:
A laminated pocket reference card designed to help improve assessment and documentation of pressure ulcers including staging descriptions, anatomic locations and key assessment parameters. |
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Skin Health Protocols and Clinical Resources(available on CD):
This clinical resource is intended to support health care professionals in caring for patients with wounds and skin care needs. It includes comprehensive protocols for patient care by wound type, application guidelines for dressings and skin care products, clinical reference tools, and product use guidelines. |
Clinical Decision Tools:
Desk and pocket tools including algorithms and decision trees for selecting wound and skin care products. |
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