Community Wound Care Program Within a Syringe Exchange Program: Chicago, 2018–2019
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Sarah Messmer; Michael Anthony Huyck; Stockton Mayer; Charles Yingling
- Source
- Am J Public Health
- Subject
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Substance-Related Disorders
Health Personnel
MEDLINE
Ambulatory Care Facilities
AJPH Practice
Wound care
medicine
Humans
Substance Abuse, Intravenous
Competence (human resources)
Syringe
Retrospective Studies
Chicago
integumentary system
business.industry
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Middle Aged
Quality Improvement
Needle-Exchange Programs
Increased risk
Family medicine
Wound Infection
Female
Clinical Competence
Public Health
business
- Language
- English
People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk for developing wounds in addition to skin and soft tissue infections. The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, College of Medicine, and School of Public Health collaborated to establish a medical clinic serving PWID attending a Chicago syringe exchange program. A wound care program was implemented to improve clinicians’ competence. During October 2018 to August 2019, 24% of all encounters were related to wound complaints.