Wounds Australia

🔥 June is National Burns Awareness Month

Burn injuries can happen in everyday moments - from hot drinks and hot water bottles to electric blankets and heating devices. Prevention and awareness play an important role in reducing harm, particularly for children, older Australians and people living with reduced mobility or sensation.

Burns can have a significant long-term impact on skin integrity, healing and quality of life. This month, we encourage our community to share the message around burn prevention and safety at home.

For practical safety information and resources, visit our friends at:
🧡 Kidsafe Australia
💙 ANZBA

⭐A message from our Silver Partner Coloplast Wound and Skin Care⭐

When it comes to the right wound management process, Coloplast has you covered!

Based on the latest evidence in the field, Coloplast’s Wound Type Specific Pathways gives you hands-on guidance on how to assess, treat and monitor specific types of wounds.

Add their Wounds Type Specific Pathways to your wound management toolkit today: https://www.coloplastprofessional.com.au/resources/tools-wsc/

🎉 Your Wounds Australia membership could take you to Conference 2026!

If you've been thinking about joining Wounds Australia, now is the perfect time.

New members who sign up before 7 June will automatically go into the draw to win an incredible Conference 2026 prize package, including:

✈️ Travel and accommodation support up to $1500
🎟️ Complimentary registration to the main conference program (24–26 August)
🥂 Access to the Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner
💰 Total prize value of more than $2600

Join a community of clinicians passionate about advancing evidence-based wound care and you could be joining us in person at Australia's premier wound care conference this August.

Find out more: link in comments

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Meet our valued Silver Partner Coloplast Wound and Skin Care, who'll be joining us at the Wounds Australia 2026 Conference in Adelaide in August. Will you be there? Be sure to visit them at booth 59 & 61!

https://woundsconference.org

🌍 What happens when Wounds Australia takes part in one of the world's leading wound care conferences?

In this News Centre update, CEO Jeff Antcliff shares highlights from the European Wound Management Association - EWMA Conference, including meetings with international affiliates, discussions with global industry leaders, and supporting Wounds Australia members presenting on the world stage.

The conference also provided an opportunity to showcase Australia's work in advocacy, consumer awareness and First Nations health, with strong interest from international counterparts.

🔗Read more in the Wounds Australia News Centre: link in comments

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🖤💛❤️ National Reconciliation Week

Chronic wounds do not exist in isolation. For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, they intersect with broader barriers to care, including access, geography and social determinants of health.

This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, All In, is a call for all Australians to take responsibility and contribute to meaningful change.

In wound care, this means recognising inequities, listening to community voices and working together to improve access to culturally safe, appropriate care.

Reconciliation is not a passive process. It requires ongoing commitment, reflection and action across the health sector and at Wounds Australia, we continue to work with partners and communities to support more equitable and culturally safe wound care.

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✨A message from our Platinum Partner Essity✨

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to join Essity for their ‘Time to Act: Translating AMS guidelines into practice’ webinar on Thursday 25 June.

Hear from internationally recognised Nurse Practitioner, Terry Swanson, Chair of the International Wound Infection Institute (IWII), as she explores Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) in wound care, the new International AMS Guidelines, and their role in safe and effective prevention and management of wound infection to fight AMR.

Register now: 95424a89-9786-4287-92e8-05912eb07a9c@f101208c-39d3-4c8a-8cc7-ad896b25954f" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/95424a89-9786-4287-92e8-05912eb07a9c@f101208c-39d3-4c8a-8cc7-ad896b25954f

Congratulations to the winner of our $200 prepaid Visa promotion for registrations to the Wounds Australia 2026 Conference in April: a Wound CNC and Wounds Australia student member from Sydney.

Read more about our May promotion: Link in comments

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Partner spotlight: Thank you to Wounds Australia 2026 Conference supporter Baxter International Inc. They're a valued Bronze Partner and you can meet them in Adelaide, on stand 90, in our Exhibition Hall.

Are you joining us in Adelaide in August? Find out more about : https://woundsconference.org/

🩹WPR highlight: Silicone gel sheeting for healing keloid scars: a WHAM evidence summary

What is the best available evidence for silicone gel sheeting (SGS) for healing existing keloid scars?

A new WHAM Evidence Summary in Wound Practice and Research explores the evidence behind silicone gel sheeting for the treatment of keloid scars.

🔗 Read the open access evidence summary: link in comments

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