Mrs Deborah Chester Bessell's Outputs (3)

How to take a wound swab (2025)
Journal Article

Wound swabbing is a widespread practice undertaken by nurses and other healthcare professionals in various healthcare environments and involves collecting a sample from the wound surface using a sterile swab. The sample acquired from the wound swab i... Read More about How to take a wound swab.

Reducing the risk of seating acquired pressure ulcers: An update on the society of tissue viability clinical guide. (2024)
Journal Article

Colleagues from the Society of Tissue Viability have drafted the latest version of a seating guidelines, titled ‘Understanding the association between pressure ulcers and sitting in adults: What does it mean for all of us?’ The Seating guidelines for... Read More about Reducing the risk of seating acquired pressure ulcers: An update on the society of tissue viability clinical guide..

Wound care in hard-to-reach populations: rough sleepers. (2024)
Journal Article
Stephens, M., Chester-Bessell, D., & Rose, S. (2024). Wound care in hard-to-reach populations: rough sleepers. British Journal of Nursing, 33(4), S34-S37. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.4.S34

People sleeping rough commonly develop wounds and other skin disorders. Wounds vary and develop for multiple reasons. They include acute wounds such as burns, infected injection sites, abscesses and cellulitis, as well as chronic wounds such as press... Read More about Wound care in hard-to-reach populations: rough sleepers..