Publications

Clinical guidelines, downloadable resources, and professional publications by NZWCS members and associates.

Guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines

Guideline for Post-operative Incision Care

International Surgical Wound Complications Advisory Panel (ISWCAP) · 2025

Foreword by Associate Professor Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts, Chair. The first guideline to demarcate clinical care principles for patients with closed surgical incisions, separate from chronic or secondary-intention wound management.

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International Pressure Injury Clinical Practice Guidelines 2019

Third edition · Released November 2019

An international collaboration developing evidence-based recommendations for the prevention and treatment of pressure injuries, using an explicit scientific methodology to identify and critically appraise all available research.

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Guides & brochures

Advisory Document for Wound Bed Preparation in New Zealand

Downloadable document · 2020

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NZWCS Brochure

Downloadable document · latest edition

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Articles & books

Professional publications

Publications by NZWCS members and associates, as well as other relevant publications.

Understanding haematomas: unravelling the body's complex reaction

Sharryn Cook · Published in Wound Practice and Research, 2025

Keratin-based products for effective wound care management in superficial and partial thickness burn injuries

Fiona Loam, Sharon Cassidy, Clive Marsh, Jeremy Shimcock

Wound programmes in residential aged care: a systematic review

Pagan M, Trip H, Burrell B & Gillon D · First published in Wound Practice and Research (2015), Vol 23 Issue 2, pg52–60

Lower leg haematomas: Potential for complications in older people

Pagan, M. & Hunter, J. · First published in Wound Practice and Research (2011), Vol 19 No 1, pg21–28

Healing a chronic venous ulceration using the Southland Snail, an innovative pressure device

Pagan, M · First published in Wound Practice and Research, Vol 16 No 4, pg181–185

Death Highlights Poor Ulcer Care

Weststrate, J., Tweed, C. & Naylor, W. · First published in Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, May 2009, Vol 15 No 4. Published here with permission.

Understanding, Managing, and Living with Malignant Wounds

Sherry A. Clark · A Resource Guide for Patients and Caregivers

Guidelines for Wound Management in Palliative Care

Naylor, W · PDF, 3.6MB · Originally written for Mercy Hospice Auckland, printed with a grant from the Genesis Oncology Trust. Hard copies available from Mercy Hospice Auckland.

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