St. Cloud Hospital Home Care provides nurses who specialize in wound care. These nurses monitor and assess wounds in collaboration with your physician to offer treatment options for optimal healing.

Wound care services at home include:

• Complex to simple wounds
• Gastronomy tubes and other devices
• VAC dressing changes for wound care
• Non-healing ulcers
• Post-surgical patients

Wound Care Education/Support
Our nurses educate the patient and caregiver until they feel confident in performing the wound care treatments alone. Nurses also provide education regarding infection control, signs and symptoms of infection and when to contact your physician.

Our wound care nurses use quality products to promote rapid healing of the wound. Photos of the wound are taken often to assess healing and track improvements. Our nurses will communicate with the patient’s physicians if there are any concerns and will provide guidance with new interventions or medication orders. Nurse visits can continue even after the patient feels comfortable performing the wound treatments to ensure proper healing.

VAC Wound Care
Our nurses are specially trained in VAC dressings changes and oversee the patient’s care.

CentraCare Wound Care Center
St. Cloud Hospital Home Care works closely with the CentraCare Wound Center, collaborating on the latest advanced wound care treatments available in Central Minnesota.