Tissue Viability & Stoma Care

Tissue Viability

Amana Healthcare provides highly specialized tissue viability services for patients requiring specialist care in tissue viability, lymphoedema, and wound management. Amana Healthcare’s tissue viability service is led by a multidisciplinary team of specialist nurses, physicians, and therapists, and delivered in an inpatient or home setting.

- Services offered
  - Specialist wound/oedema assessment
  - Multidisciplinary team approach for discharge planning
  - Individualized patient-centered care plan
  - Management of patients requiring negative pressure wound therapy.
  - Tissue viability and wound management for patients with burn wounds, who are medically stable.
  - Management of patients with osteomyelitis/cellulitis, requiring home IV antibiotics.
  - Lower limb vascular assessment
  - Diabetic foot assessment and management in partnership with vascular and podiatry services
  - Amputee service in partnership with post-acute rehabilitation service.
  - Holistic lymphoedema service from initial assessment to a lifelong management plan
  - Manual lymphatic drainage for patients with primary or secondary lymphoedema
  - Compression therapy including bandaging and measurement for custom-fit compression garments
  - Specialist education on pressure injury prevention
  - Home assessments and hands-on home support

Stoma Care

Amana Healthcare offers a comprehensive stoma care service providing education, informal counselling, lifestyle advice, health promotion, appliance management and support to patients who have or are about to have a stoma formed. The service involves both pre-operative and long-term management of clients with a stoma.

Amana Healthcare’s tissue viability service is led by a
multidisciplinary team of specialist nurses, physicians, and therapists and delivered in an inpatient or home setting.