3M HEALTHCARE AND ATC PHARMACEUTICAL DIVISION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IN WASHINGTON DC, HAS ORGANIZED THE FIRST SEMINAR ON WOUND MANAGEMENT FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, TO BE HELD IN KUWAIT AND THE GCC COUNTRIES. THIS SEMINAR WAS UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF DR. HAIFAA AL-MOUSA, DIRECTOR OF INFECTION CONTROL & STERILIZATION DEPARTMENT AT THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH.

DR. JAIME ARISTIZABAL, DIRECTOR OF WOUND CARE & HYPERBARIC MEDICINE AT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, CAME FROM WASHIGTON DC TO GIVE A LECTURE ON THE SUBJECT. THE MAJOR TOPICS COVERED WERE: MANAGING WOUND HEALING, VENOUS STASIS AND DIABETIC FOOT WOUND MANAGEMENT, IN ADDITION TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC WOUND INFECTIONS. DR. ARISTIZABAL IS RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY FOR HIS EXPERTISE IN WOUND MANAGEMENT.

THE SEMINAR WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 165 HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT KUWAIT INCLUDING HEADS OF INFECTION CONTROL, O.R. NURSES, HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS.

IT LASTED FROM 8:30AM TO 1:30PM AND WAS FOLLOWED BY LUNCH AND A WORKSHOP ON THE UTILIZATION OF 3M HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC FOOT ULCER, BED SORES, BURNS, ETC…

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