Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Karen is Professor of Skin Integrity and Director for the Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention. She is also Visiting Professor in the School of Nursing, Faculty of Health at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, a Florence Nightingale Scholar,chair of the International Wound Infection Institute, member of NHS National Wound Care Strategy, past academic editor for Wounds UK and is an editorial board member for the Journal of Wound Care. Karen led development of TVLC, the first UK wide Tissue Viability Service Competency framework. Karen's clinical background is in orthopaedics and tissue viability. She has worked in NHS hospitals in the North West of England and in London.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Tissue viability
- Wound management
- Skin integrity
- Infection prevention
- Quality of life indicators
- Wellbeing
Research Degree Supervision
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External positions
Visiting Professor at The Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin
Jul 2018 → Jul 2023Chair , International Wound Infection Institute
1 Nov 2017 → …Adjunct Clinical Professor, Queensland University of Technology
Keywords
- Wound
- Tissue Viability
- Infection
- Pressure Ulcers
- Surgical Site Infection
- Wound Care Education
- Wound Management
- Skin Integrity
- Infection Prevention
- Quality of Life Indicators
- Wellbeing
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Bandages
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Pressure Ulcer
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Education
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Research Output 2000 2019
Bacterial-binding dressings in the management of wound healing and infection prevention: a narrative review
Chadwick, P. & Ousey, K., 2 Jun 2019, In : Journal of wound care. 28, 6, p. 370-382 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Wound Infection
Bandages
Wound Healing
Wounds and Injuries
Infection
Clinical indicators of wound infection and biofilm: Reaching international consensus
Haesler, E., Swanson, T., Ousey, K. & Carville, K., 2 Mar 2019, In : Journal of wound care. 28, Sup3b, p. S4-S12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Wound Infection
Biofilms
Politics
Wounds and Injuries
Conflict of Interest
Effects and safety of atmospheric low temperature plasma on bacterial reduction in chronic wounds and wound size reduction - a systematic review and meta-analysis
Assadian, O., Ousey, K., Daeschlein, G., Kramer, A., Parker, C., Tanner, J. & Leaper, D., 1 Feb 2019, In : International Wound Journal. 16, 1, p. 103-111 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Meta-Analysis
Safety
Temperature
Wounds and Injuries
Randomized Controlled Trials
Emergency department nurse’s attitudes towards patients who self-harm: A meta-analysis
Rayner, G., Blackburn, J., Edward, K-L., Stephenson, J. & Ousey, K., 1 Feb 2019, In : International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 28, 1, p. 40-53 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Meta-Analysis
Hospital Emergency Service
Nurses
Self-Injurious Behavior
Databases
Finite Element Analysis to model ischemia experienced in the development of device related pressure ulcers
Leung, I. P. H., Fleming, L., Walton, K., Barrans, S. & Ousey, K., 1 Jul 2019, In : Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine. 233, 7, p. 745-753 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Finite element method
Skin
Flow velocity
Velocity measurement
Blood
Activities 2012 2019
Working Inter-professionally to improve patient outcomes
Karen Ousey (Speaker)24 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Why do Nurses Change Dressings: Realities of Clinical Practice
Karen Ousey (Speaker), Joanna Blackburn (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), John Stephenson (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)23 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
TVLC competency framework: How its business skills development module has empowered TVNs to make a business case to expand service provision
Karen Ousey (Speaker), Joanna Blackburn (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)1 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Improving Patient Related Clinical Outcomes - results of a Quality Improvement Programme
Karen Ousey (Speaker), Joanna Blackburn (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)1 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
How to Access Tissue Viability Education in a Cash Strapped Economy
Karen Ousey (Speaker)26 Apr 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press / Media
A&E staff have negative attitudes towards people who self-harm
Karen Ousey & Joanna Blackburn
23/05/19 → 27/05/19
3 items of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
BBI’s SEM Scanner receives a Medtech Innovation Briefing from NICE
8/05/19
2 items of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
National award for major scientific study of wound care dressings
Karen Ousey & Nikolaos Georgopoulos
19/03/19 → 20/03/19
2 items of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Huddersfield University Partners with Innova to Improve Pressure Care
Karen Ousey & Leigh Fleming
11/10/18 → 19/10/18
6 items of media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Expert explains how wounds impose health economic burden on the UK's NHS
3/07/18 → 4/07/18
2 items of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment