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Thursday 14 May
8:00-12:15
South Gallery 11-12
International Compression Club (ICC)
Goals of ICC:
Although the ICC does not have any regulatory power, proposals elaborated by joint
working groups of experts from the medical field and the industry will hopefully be able to
provide a valuable basis for further improvements of internationally accepted regulations
and guidelines. Working groups consisting of medical experts and representatives of the
industry are invited to cooperate in the following activities:
• Organize meetings, in which several problems of common interest to both groups can
be discussed,
• Develop and deliver consensus reports and recommendations,
• Organize teaching courses on CT
• Guidance on experimental and clinical trials,
• Plan and coordinate effective communication and education
• Give recommendations for indications and classification of compression products
Title: Compression therapy for treating leg ulcers
The aim of this session, jointly organized by EWMA and the ICC is to present an update of
recent developments concerning the management of leg ulcers by compression. Main
learning objectives are:
• Better understanding of the relationship between compression pressure and properties
of the materials used,
• Value of different compression devices for healing of venous and mixed, arterio-venous
leg ulcers,
• self-management of leg ulcers (and limitations) using compression stockings and short
stretch Velcro-band devices,
• Concordance –compliance with compression, how could it be improved?
• Assessment of patient´s acceptance of compression by using a new questionnaire,
• Traditional dogmas and misunderstandings concerning compression therapy.
Find more information about ICC on www.tagungsmanagement.org
GUEST SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
EWMA 2015
IN COOPERATION WITH THE TISSUE VIABILITY SOCIETY
LONDON · UK
13-15 MAY 2015
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