Standards, Guidelines & Regulations

Numerous professional societies and organizations have established Standards and Guidelines for many aspects of wound care assessment and treatment. Additionally, a number of government bodies regulate this field of care. A selection of these documents can be found at the following websites:

• Pressure Ulcer Staging System: National Pressure Ulcer  Advisory Panel
• Wagner Neuropathic Foot Ulcer Grading Scale
• University of Texas Neuropathic Ulcer Grading
• The Cochrane Database
• Braden Scale
• Norton Scale
• AAWC Conceptual Framework  of Quality Systems for Wound Care
• AAWC and RTF  Content-Validated Venous Ulcer Guideline
• The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care
• Summary algorithm for venous ulcer care with  annotations of available evidence
• The Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Association
• Guideline for management of wounds in  patients with lower-extremity arterial disease
• The Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Association
• Guideline for prevention and management of  pressure ulcers
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
• Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment  following spinal cord injury
• American Medical Directors Association
• Pressure Ulcers
• American Medical Directors Association
• Pressure Ulcer Companion
• American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
• Diabetic foot ulcers
• Medicare Manuals
• http://www.guidelines.gov
• AAWC Conceptual Framework  of Quality Systems for Wound Care
• AAWC and RTF  Content-Validated Venous Ulcer Guideline
• The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care
• Summary algorithmfor venous ulcer care with  annotations of available evidence
• The Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Association
• Guideline for management of wounds in  patients with lower-extremity arterial disease
• The Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Association
• Guideline for prevention and management of  pressure ulcers
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
• Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment  following spinal cord injury
• American Medical Directors Association
• Pressure Ulcers
• American Medical Directors Association
• Pressure Ulcer Companion
• American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
• Diabetic foot ulcers
• Reverse Staging of Pressure Ulcers
• National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
• Minimising pain at wound dressing-related procedures