Draft Australian Standards for Wound Prevention and Management 2022
The Australian Standards for Wound Prevention and Management provide a framework for delivering best practice in wound prevention and management. The aim of the Australian Wound Standards is to facilitate high quality clinical practice that achieves good health outcomes for people with wounds or at risk of wounding. The Australian Standards are relevant to regulated health professionals, unregulated health care workers, educators, researchers and service providers across Australia. The final document is intended for use by organisations delivering wound care services, wound care practitioners, people receiving wound care and their family carers.
Over the past two years, the Australian Health Research Alliance (AHRA), and its member, the WA Health Translation Network, have led a national project to update the Australian Standards for Wound Prevention and Management 2016. Wounds Australia has generously provided access to the 2016 Standards and has contributed to the current update.
The draft Standards were distributed to over 400 individuals and organisations Australia-wide for review, and valuable feedback has been provided. The final version of the Standards is currently being prepared.
The Project Team
This project has been led, on behalf of AHRA, by the Western Australian Health Translation Network (WAHTN). The Project Team includes Professor Emily Haesler and Professor Keryln Carville, both of whom are widely acknowledged for their expertise in this area. Their work has been supported by a Project Working Group comprising:
- Dr Denise Findlay, Curtin Medical School, Curtin University
- Dr Sue Monaro, NSW Department of Health
- Juliet Scott NP, Tasmanian Health Service
- Assoc. Professor Peter Lazzarini, QLD Health and Queensland University of Technology
- Pam Morey NP, Silver Chain Group and Wounds Australia, Wounds Australia Fellow
- Professor Isabelle Skinner, James Cook University