Dear colleague,

Welcome to the first 2025 IWII newsletter!

We have been busy and are excited to share our activities.

2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

The IWII AGM was held on 5 December, 2024. Highlights included a membership update by Terry Swanson, our Chair, and the following presentations by members of the Board

• Antiseptics – Susie Seaman
• Where does pathogenicity start & when do we commence topical treatment? – Trish Idensohn
• Biofilm update: New or paradigms and treatments – Thomas Bjarnsholt

Coming soon - March 2025

IWII Wound Cleansing in Clinical Practice Consensus Document 2025

Our long awaited IWII Wound Cleansing in Clinical Practice Consensus Document 2025 will be available online mid to late March.  Many thanks to Emily Haesler, who spearheaded this project and the IWII development team for developing this document. We look forward to sharing it with you!  

Make sure to visit the Wounds International Stand at the European Wound Management Association (EWMA)  26 – 28 March 2025 and the 16th Abu Dhabi Wound Care Conference / IIWCG 10 – 11 April 2025 to collect a copy. Our sponsors (B.Braun, Urgo, Molnlycke, Convatec and Hartmann) may have copies at their stands too.

Save the dates

• 16 October 2025 IWII Stop Wound Infection Day
• 4 December 2025 IWII AGM

Join the IWII

Membership is free and you'll have access to many resources including;

• WOUND INFECTION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: Principles of best practice (2022 update)
• SLOUGH: Composition, analysis and effect on healing
• and so much more…