Relevant data including diagnosis and treatment model, operation situation, etc. are analyzed in our wound care center and compared with abroad based-on literature retrieval, to find out a suitable way for setting up wound care centers in our country. Wound care center with mode of multidisciplinary cooperation that is "specialist-oriented" was established in our hospital, mirroring the experience of foreign wound care centers. The investigation showed the demands of patients could be met, their psychological and economic pressures as well as social burden might be greatly relieved in our center. For an example, we achieved our purpose readily by setting up a clinical pathway of diabetic foot according to the features of our hospital. The model of multidisciplinary cooperation, with minor adjustments, may be applicable for wound care centers at home and abroad. Our wound care center will establish better system of diagnosis and treatment to conform to the situation in our country.
Burn Units ; organization & administration ; Critical Pathways ; Humans ; Patient Care Team ; Surgicenters ; organization & administration ; Wound Healing

To study the interaction between establishment of wound care center and development of discipline of burns and plastic surgery. The changes in number of outpatient, time for dressing change per patient, outpatient service income, number of inpatients and operations in our hospital were summarized and retrospectively analyzed before and after establishment of wound care center. The proportion of patients with chronic wounds and skin and soft tissue defects after trauma among all inpatients in the same term were investigated. Meanwhile, the development of discipline of burns and plastic surgery before and after establishment of wound care center was analyzed. Compared with those in the year before establishment of wound care center, outpatient number, time for dressing change per patient, outpatient service income, inpatient number, and amount of operations were all increased (with increase rate of 330%, 569%, 325%, 161%, and 173%, respectively) in the year after establishment of wound care center. The ratio of patients with chronic wounds and skin and soft tissue defects after trauma among all inpatients was respectively increased from 4.3% and 4.5% in the year before establishment of wound care center to 9.2% and 12.4% in the year after establishment of wound care center. Patient satisfaction, bed utilization rate, levels of wound treatment and repair were all improved after establishment of wound care center. So we come to conclusions as follows. Establishment of wound care center can promote development of the standard of burns and plastic surgery. Comprehensive use of multidisciplinary theories and techniques concerning burns, plastic and aesthetic surgery, medical aesthetics, etc. can be beneficial for improvement of quality of wound healing and achievement of cosmetic effect, and wound care center may be further developed.
Ambulatory Care ; organization & administration ; Burn Units ; organization & administration ; Burns ; surgery ; Humans ; Patient Care Team ; organization & administration ; Surgery, Plastic ; organization & administration ; Surgicenters ; organization & administration ; Wound Healing