Other WHAM Collaborative projects.

Our collaborations.

The WHAM Collaborative engage with other universities, research groups, wound organisations and government to advance wound healing and management in Australia and internationally. Our team have appointments at other universities, on wound organisation committees and editorial boards. These include:

 

International and national clinical guidelines.

The WHAM Collaborative team have extensive experience in development of evidence based clinical guidelines and leading consensus documents on a range of wound-related topic.

Professor Haesler has undertaking role of methodologist on seven NHMRC-endorsed clinical guidelines (on wounds and other clinical conditions), as well as large international clinical guideline projects. She has worked within or aligned to Joanna Briggs Institute centres since 1997, completed GRADE training and maintains contemporary knowledge of guideline methods through involvement with the Guideline International Network. She has led and advised on the inclusion of consumer perspectives and involvement in guideline development.

Professor Carville has been Chair on numerous international and national clinical guideline development initiatives. She is the current Chair of the Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance, a member of the Guideline Governance Group for the International Pressure Injury guideline and a member of the Guideline Governance Group for development of the Pan Pacific Venous Leg Ulcer Guideline.

Projects include:

Selected associated publications:

Haesler E, Cuddigan J, Carville K, Moore Z, Kottner J, Ayello EA, Berlowitz D, Carruth A, Chang YY, Cox J, Creehan S, Nixon J, Ngan HL, Balzer K. Protocol for development of the fourth edition of Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries: Clinical Practice Guideline using GRADE methods. Advances Skin Wound Care. 2023; 06. DOI: 10.1097/ASW.0000000000000079

Haesler E. and Carville K. Implementing the 2019 International Guideline: Consultation on barriers, facilitators, challenges and resource needs. Wound Practice and Research, 2020; 28(2): 90-96. DOI: 10.33235/wpr.28.2.90-96

Haesler E., Pittman J, Cuddigan J, Law S, Chang YY, Balzer K, Berlowitz D, Carville K, Kottner J, Litchford M, Mitchell P, Moore Z, Sigaudo-Roussel D, An exploration of the perspectives of individuals and their caregivers on pressure ulcer/injury prevention and management to inform the development of a clinical guideline. J Tissue Viability, Oct 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2021.10.008

Kottner J, Cuddigan J, Carville K, Balzer K, Berlowitz D, Law S, Litchford M, Mitchell P, Moore Z, Pittman J, Chang Y, Sigaudo-Roussel D, Haesler E. Pressure ulcer/injury classification today: an international perspective. J Tissue Viability, 2020; 29(3):197-203. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2020.04.003

Kottner J, Cuddigan J, Carville K, Balzer K, Berlowitz D, Law S, Litchford M, Mitchell P, Moore Z, Pittman J, Sigaudo-Roussel D, Chang Y-Y, Haesler E. Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers/injuries: The protocol for the second update of the international Clinical Practice Guideline 2019. J Tissue Viability, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2019.01.001

Australian Wound Standards.

The WHAM Collaborative team have extensive experience in development of practice standards and auditing tools.

Professor Haesler has been the methodologist for the Australia Standards for Wound Prevention and Management since 2016 and led the development of the fourth edition. She also currently works in development of standards for medical education and previously led a report on standards for breast screening in Australia for the Department of Health and Aging. She authored the first Joanna Briggs Institute manual on clinical auditing published in 1997.

Professor Carville led the development of the first three editions of the Australian Standards for Wound Prevention and Management for Wounds Australia and is a co-author for the fourth edition.

Current edition of the Australian Wound Standards

The current edition of the Standards, The Australian Standards for Wound Prevention and Management (fourth edition, 2023) builds on the work completed for previous editions and reflects current relevant standards, supporting clinical guidelines and other key evidence sources.

The fourth edition of the The Australian Standards for Wound Prevention and Management is now available for use by health workers and health professionals, health organisations, patient consumers and their families to guide the implementation and evaluation of wound prevention and management.

Selected associated publications:

Haesler E. and Carville K. (2023). Australian Standards for Wound Prevention and Management. Australian Health Research Alliance, Wounds Australia and WA Health Translation Network.

Carville K., Scott J, Haesler E. Standards for wound prevention and management. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 2017; 24(8):44.

Consensus on stomal complications.

This 2020-2022 project was undertaken for to establish an Australian consensus on terminology used to define stomal,  parastomal and peristomal complications related to moisture, trauma and atypical aetiologies. The Delphi study achieved a consensus amongst Australian stomal therapy nurses and colorectal surgeons on a glossary of definitions and terms for stomal and peristomal complications. After undertaking an extensive literature review and developing a photographic library of stomal presentations, we worked with our co-researchers from Notre Dame University to conduct three Delphi rounds and priority voting using our custom software. A research grant awarded by the Australian Association of Stomal Therapy Nurses supported the study.

Project output :

  • Access the glossary and photos here.

  • Carville K, Haesler E, Norman T, Walls P and Monterosso L. A consensus on stomal, parastomal and peristomal complications. Advances in Skin and Wound Care 2022;35:435-41. doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000833620.47017.80

  • Carville K, Haesler E, Norman T, Walls P and Monterosso L. A consensus on stomal, parastomal and peristomal complications. WCET Journal 2022;42(3):12-22. doi: https://doi.org/10.33235/wcet.42.3.12-22

  • Norman T, Haesler E, Carville K, Walls P and Monterosso L. Establishing a consensus on stomal, parastomal and peristomal complications. Journal of Stomal Therapy Australia 2022; 42(2):10-19.

Presentations:

Walls P, Norman T, Carville K, Haesler E, Monterosso L. Establishing a Consensus on Stomal, Parastomal and Perstomal Complications in Australia. Australian Association of Stomal Therapy Nurses Conference and Asia-Pacific Enterostomal Nurses Association Conference, Fremantle, April 2023.

Pressure injury research priorities.

This 2015 project was undertaken for Australian Department of Industry and Business, Wounds Australia and the Wound Management Innovation Cooperative Research Centre (WMI-CRC) to inform national research strategy in Australia. Recognising the paucity of research on many topics associated with prevention and treatment of pressure injuries, the project aimed to scope the evidence base, identify specific gaps in the evidence and provide an informed evaluation of research priorities in the area of pressure injury in Australia. The project was conducted in three stages: evidence scoping , development of a software solution to undertake consensus process and prioritisation ranking, and implementation of a multi-disciplinary online Delphi process.

Project output :

  • A customisable software package to deliver the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method of consensus voting, with options for ranked prioritisation of outcomes

  • A 295 page comprehensive report: Pressure injury research scoping project: Consensus priorities for future pressure injury research in Australia

  • A ranked list of priorities for pressure injury research in Australia, as identified by 16 Australian pressure injury experts that included 26 research areas.

  • A peer-reviewed publication: Haesler E, Carville K, Haesler P. Priority issues for pressure injury research: an Australian consensus study. Nursing in Research and Health, 2018: doi: 10.1002/nur.21878.

Presentations:

Haesler E, Carville K, Haesler P. Consensus priorities for pressure injury research in the Pan Pacific region. 6th Asia-Pacific Enterostomal Therapy Nurses Association (APETNA) Congress 2015, Singapore.

Haesler E, Carville K, Haesler P. Conference Paper: Consensus pressure injury research priorities in Australia. Wounds Australia conference 2016, Melbourne.

Haesler E, Carville K, Haesler P. Conference Paper: Consensus priorities for pressure injury research. 5th Congress of the World Union of Wound Healing Societies 2016, Florence.

Translation of wound-related evidence into practice.

The aim of the project is to explore facilitators and barriers to implementing evidence based practice in wound management across clinical settings, and how these are perceived by clinicians. This exploration will inform the development of recommendations for promoting translation of wound-related evidence into clinical practice.

Interviews have been conducted for this project and the project is in the data analysis phase.

Recommendations will be developed on strategies to promote evidence translation into practice.