T.I.M.E. Clinical decision support tool (CDST)

Chronic wound prevalence is growing, with clinicians facing increased expectations and more patients treated by non-specialists. When inconsistency and limited specialist involvement may delay healing, there’s a need to structure and simplify clinical practice1-3

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Systematic consistency in wound care practice

Currently, in current chronic wound care:

  • 24% of patients live with a chronic wound for at least 6 months3
  • Increasingly, generalist nurses are treating complex wounds with limited training2
  • Specialist team referral and treatment changes vary from 0 days to over 2 months4

T.I.M.E. CDST offers holistic wound and patient assessment, facilitating multidisciplinary team involvement to promote systematic consistency and confidence for even non-specialist clinicians.

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Evolving the T.I.M.E. concept

The T.I.M.E. concept began in 2003 with a group of wound management experts who sought a rational, systematic approach to guide wound bed preparation and address non-healing wounds by identifying and removing barriers to healing.7

Seeking a wider, multi-disciplinary and holistic approach that reviewed all patient circumstances, the T.I.M.E. CDST considered other developments, such as:6-12

  • The need for repetitive wound cleansing, maintenance and debridement
  • Bacterial continuum, biofilm concepts and antibiotics resistance
  • Moisture balance, advanced dressings for exudate management and novel treatment modalities for epithelial advancement

The result is a framework that’s easy to implement, teach and use for consistent wound assessment and evidence-based decision-making.4-12

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Implementing and using T.I.M.E. CDST

Achieve simplification and systematic consistency in practice by implementing the five-step framework:8-11

Evidence and case studies

Clinical experts continue to analyse the contribution of T.I.M.E. CDST in building systematic consistency and confidence in clinical practice.

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Citations
  1. Guest et al. JWC. 2017 26(6): 292-303.
  2. Guest JF, et al. BMJ Open 2020;10:e045253. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045253.
  3. Rossington A, et al. Wounds International. 2018;9(4):58-62.
  4. Ousey K, et al. Wounds International. 2018;9(4):58-62.
  5. World Union of Wound Healing Societies. Consensus document. Strategies to reduce practice variation in wound assessment and management: The T.I.M.E. Clinical Decision Support Tool. Available. https://www.wuwhs.com/web/index.php?option=comcontent&view=article&id=51. Accessed March 2020.
  6. Moore Z, et al. J Wound Care. 2019;28(3):154-161.
  7. Schultz GS, et al. Wound Rep Reg 2003; 11:1-28.
  8. Swanson T, et al. Wounds International. 2019;10(2):38–47.
  9. Jelnes R, et al.Wounds International. 2019;10(3):40–44.
  10. Woo K. et al. Wounds International. 2019;10(2):38–47.
  11. Walters S, et al. Wounds International. 2019;10(4):32-39.
  12. Blackburn J, et al. Wounds International. 2019;10(4):40-49.
  13. International consensus. Optimising wellbeing in people living with a wound. An expert working group review. London: Wounds International, 2012.
  14. Leaper DJ, et al. Int Wound J. 2012; 9 (Suppl 2):1-19.
  15. European Wound Management Association (EWMA). Position Document: Wound Bed Preparation in Practice. London: MEP Ltd, 2004.

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