Covidien, Mansfield, Massachusetts, has launched a new website to provide educational support to healthcare providers and home health caregivers. The site, http://www.patientcare-edu.com, features educational information on treating the most common chronic care conditions in acute, nonacute, or home care settings. Current topics include incontinence, pressure ulcers, traumatic wounds, venous stasis ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, and malnutrition and dehydration. Caregivers can conveniently access the information to better understand, or refresh their knowledge of, particular underlying conditions.

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Smith & Nephew, St Petersburg, Florida, has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the pocket-sized PICO system, a single-use negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) system. PICO is cleared for use both in a hospital and home care setting and expands the use of NPWT from the traditional wound care population to include a wider range of patients undergoing orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, and general surgical procedures. This FDA clearance follows the recent successful launch of PICO in Europe, Canada, and Australia.

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