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By: Mölnlycke Health CareMay 21 2013 Posted in: Mölnlycke Health Care

Our new 360 Magazine is here! In this year’s issue, we dig deeper and share insights on our strategic focus areas of innovation, geographic expansion and business development. We also highlight how our strong company foundations of care, integrit ...

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EWMA Pressure Ulcer symposium report: discussing how soft silicone multilayered dressings can prevent pressure ulcers.

May 17 2013, in Wound Care

The EWMA delegates who attended the Mölnlycke Health Care seminar on pressure ulcers were given a better understanding on the protective mechanisms offered by soft silicone multilayered dressings, and how these mechanisms can help prevent pressure ...

EWMA symposium report: Examining how pain and trauma impacts patient quality of life and treatment costs

May 16 2013, in Wound Care

Several hundred EWMA delegates attended the Mölnlycke Health Care symposium, to better understand the clinicians view on NPWT related pain and trauma, and its impact on cost and quality of life. New economic data was presented to wound care profess ...

Visit us at the Euroanaesthesia Congress 1-4 June

May 16 2013, in Patient warming

The European Anaesthesiology Congress (Euroanaesthesia) 2013 will be held in Barcelona, Spain from 1-4 June. Euroanaesthesia is one of the most respected and attended events for anaesthesiologists. This year, just to offer a sample of the program, th ...

Mölnlycke Health Care welcomes you to EWMA 2013!

May 15 2013, in Wound Care

Every day we will ’share our care’ by presenting you different views on wound care. Make sure you don’t miss anything! We are excited to be close to ”home” in Copenhagen and look forward to present you how our comprehensive range of gentle ...

Mepilex<sup>®</sup> Border Post Op, a new surgical wound dressing with Safetac<sup>®</sup> technology

Mepilex Border Post-Op

May 7 2013, in Wound Care

The need for a reliable, surgically safe post-operative wound dressing for both clinical and patient care is nothing new. A solution that addresses this problem - that can handle the tough challenges faced by surgical environments and provide long- ...

Science and Healthcare

May 3 2013, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Koll eller noll koll (‘Cruise or control’) was the theme of this year’s International Science Festival (Vetenskapsfestivalen) in Gothenburg. Thanks to cross-functional collaboration and contributions, Mölnlycke Health Care was a proud official suppo ...

Mepilex Transfer Ag

May 2 2013, in Wound Care

The efficacy of wound contact layer dressings with antimicrobial properties in clinical wound care is well documented. But clinical considerations are only half the answer to reducing wound healing and treatment times. Another aspect is often overl ...

EWMA 2013

April 29 2013, in Wound Care

EWMA 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark, is set to become the best-attended wound care conference ever held in Europe. Two things are attracting the approximately 3000 wound care professionals: the quality of the daily symposia, and the introduction of ne ...

Celebrating Perioperative Nursing Day – 15 February 2013

February 13 2013, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Mölnlycke Health Care would like to take this opportunity to highlight the work that perioperative nurses do each and every day all over the world. It is because of the hard work and dedication to compassionate care that perioperative nurses bring to ...

WarmingUpdate 2012: Next steps in patient warming

February 11 2013, in Patient warming

It is widely known that hypothermia can result from temperature drops that occur during surgical procedures, which can lead to potentially severe health consequences. Highlighting how important patient warming is, how perioperative hypothermia happen ...

Mepilex Ag - A key element in wound management: study

December 21 2012, in Wound Care

A recently published French study has confirmed the effectiveness of Mepilex Ag silver wound dressings. With a focus on infection and healing delay, the study reports that in 794 out-patient cases, Mepilex Ag produced clear and significant improvem ...

Construction matters: The use of multilayer silicone foam dressings for pressure ulcer prevention by C Tod Brindle

November 21 2012, in Wound Care

During this year’s World Union congress in Yokohama, Japan C Tod Brindle (MSN, RN, ET, CWOCN) held an in booth presentation explaining the concept of the multilayer silicone dressing for pressure ulcer prevention. The presentation was exclusively rec ...

Do you know about Stop Pressure Ulcer Awareness Day

November 16 2012, in Mölnlycke Health Care

This annual day aims to raise awareness of the global burden of pressure ulcers which can not only be physically but also mentally scarring for the patients that suffer from them. Currently a staggering 20-25% of hospital beds are occupied by press ...

Stop Pressure Ulcers

November 14 2012, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Did you know that Stop Pressure Ulcer Awareness Day is happening this Friday on 16th November?This annual day aims to raise awareness of the global burden of pressure ulcers which can not only be physically but also mentally scarring for t ...

Delivery of the 20 millionth ProcedurePak® tray

November 13 2012, in O.R. Efficiency

In October, 2012, Mölnlycke Health Care delivered its 20 millionth ProcedurePak tray to Clinique Saint-Luc in Bouge, Belgium – one of the first users of ProcedurePak trays in Europe. Witness the journey of this special tray, from Mölnlycke Health Ca ...

Sustainable healthcare - CleanMed Europe 2012

September 25 2012, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Come learn more about Mölnlycke Health Care’s work towards sustainability at CleanMed Europe on September 27th. Karin Andresen, Global Environment, Health & Safety Manager will present what Mölnlycke Health Care does in order to minimize the envi ...

New latex-free experience - Biogel PI Pro-Fit®

September 7 2012, in Infection prevention

It's time to update the fit, feel & comfort of your synthetic gloves. Our new Biogel PI Pro-Fit® is designed to provide you with a new level of comfort during surgery with a synthetic (non-latex) material that feels just as good as latex. Design ...

Wendy White on the topic pain as a universal but unique individual personal experience

September 6 2012, in Wound Care

On the 5th of September Mölnlycke Health Care, together with some of the world’s leading experts, hosted an outstanding symposium on the topic Pain in Chronic Wounds is Universal, at the World Union of Wound Healing Societies congress (WUWHS) in Yoko ...

Dr Evan Call on the difference between Film dressings and multilayer dressings in pressure ulcer prevention

September 4 2012, in Wound Care

On the 3^rd of September Mölnlycke Health Care, together with some of the world’s leading experts, hosted an outstanding symposium on pressure ulcer prevention at the World Union of Wound Healing Societies congress (WUWHS) in Yokohama Japan ...

WUWHS 2012 is now open!

September 3 2012, in Wound Care

From today the 3^rd of Sept until the 6^th of Sept Mölnlycke Health Care will be delighted to meet you in our booth at the World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS) congress in Yokohama. Come and visit us and discover our ver ...

Join us or follow us online during WUWHS 2012 in Yokohama

August 30 2012, in Wound Care

We look forward to meeting you at the World Union of Wound Healing Societies congress (WUWHS) in Yokohama! Please visit our booth (Look at the enclosed map to find our booth). Are you unable to join us? Do not worry! There are a number of ways to fo ...

Molnlycke.com now offers even more knowledge to its visitors!

August 22 2012, in Wound Care

We are proud to present “Ask the experts”, the latest feature in the Knowledge section of molnlycke.com. With the launch of our new website in February we set out to offer the wound care community with a comprehensive knowledge base, which could be u ...

Mölnlycke Health Care Wound care - Exhibits at WUWHS 2012

August 2 2012, in Wound Care

Mölnlycke Health Care will take part in World Union of Wound Healing Societies congress (WUWHS) 2012 fair in Yokohama, 2-6 September 2012. We will have a wide range of activities and show how our wound care solutions can benefit Patients and Health ...

Mölnlycke Health Care and Burns

June 12 2012, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Burn treatment is one of Mölnlycke Health Care’s important focus areas. We have several initiatives ongoing to help patients during their wound healing journey and to share our wound healing experience with those who care for them. In our 360 Sustai ...

Mölnlycke Health Care acquires innovative wound therapy treatment

June 5 2012, in Wound Care

Mölnlycke Health Care announces that it has acquired a pioneering electrical stimulation technology that helps to accelerate wound healing. The product currently marketed under the name of woundEL^® has been purchased from Gerromed GmbH and ...

Foreign Direct Investor of the Year in Brunswick, Maine

June 5 2012, in Mölnlycke Health Care

As announced in the local Maine newspaper, the Forecaster, Mölnlycke Health Care was named Foreign Direct Investor of the Year by state officials in Maine. Mölnlycke receives this award less than a year after breaking ground for a new factory in Brun ...

New production line reduces impact on the environment

May 24 2012, in Mölnlycke Health Care

We are proud to announce the completion of our investment in a new production line at the BARRIER^® drape manufacturing facility in Waremme, Belgium, in the heart of Europe. Our goals for BARRIER drapes are to constantly innovate and improv ...

Well attended session on how to improve healthcare

May 11 2012, in O.R. Efficiency

At the EORNA Congress April 26 – 29th, Mölnlycke Health Care hosted a symposium titled: “Time saving during surgical procedures and simplifying logistics processes – how to improve healthcare”. Speaker was Lean Management Consultant Magnus Lord, a le ...

Ask the Experts about about the role of dressings in pressure ulcer prevention

May 9 2012, in Wound Care

Some of the world’s leading experts will take part in an outstanding symposium on pressure ulcer prevention during this year’s European Wound Management Association’s conference in Vienna. In addition to the main symposium, a video recording will ...

Meet us at EWMA 23-25 May 2012 in Vienna

May 8 2012, in Wound Care

We exhibit at EWMA as Corporate A Sponsors to show how our wide range of gentle and effective wound care solutions can benefit Patients and Health Care professionals. We will explain how our product range can be used in specific care scenarios such a ...

Thanks for visiting us at the EORNA congress

May 7 2012, in O.R. Efficiency

More than 1400 delegates from over 40 countries joined the EORNA congress on April 26th – 29th in Lisbon. Mölnlycke Health Care had a presence at the congress and when summarizing the event, we can conclude that we had many interesting customer inter ...

Introducing MORE - The Mölnlycke Health Care O.R. Efficiency blog

April 24 2012, in O.R. Efficiency

In this blog, we write about all aspects of O.R. Efficiency for hospitals. Health economic gains and time savings in the health care sector are examples of topics that you will be able to read about. Our ambition is to share the latest news, tre ...

Come and meet us at the EORNA Congress

April 18 2012, in O.R. Efficiency

You will find us near the Mölnlycke Health Care branded totem poles or close to our video wall. Keep your eyes open for our green trousers and white shirts. We want to learn more about your everyday life in the O.R. and share our thinking on how to i ...

New members of the Mölnlycke Board of Directors

April 16 2012, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Clare Hollingsworth and Fred Colen have recently joined the Mölnlycke Health Care Board of directors. Clare Hollingsworth's early career saw her leading businesses with a strong reputation for being customer focused and delivering high quality ...

Patient warming - before, during and after surgery

March 29 2012, in Patient warming

Every year extensive hospital resources are spent handling the increasing threat of surgical site infections (SSI) from peri-operative hypothermia. Until now, a simple yet effective solution to active patient warming has not existed. The active self- ...

A fresh look at preoperative body washing

March 23 2012, in Infection prevention

Mölnlycke Health Care and Professor Judith Tanner introduces whole body washing and the study results from comparing two body washing antiseptic products to washing with soap. The study was also published in Journal of Infection Preventio ...

Sustainability Magazine 2011

March 22 2012, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Our Sustainability Magazine 2011 is published. Last year´s magazine form Mölnlycke Health Care was a great success. It was awarded two Platinum MarCom Awards for Excellence in Marketing and Communications. This year, we’ve given our Sustainability ...

Mextra Superabsorbent

March 15 2012, in Wound Care

Our new Superabsorbent Wound care dressing is here! Its design is based on a unique 4-layer construction working in a precise sequence to deliver optimal exudate management in moderately to highly exuding wounds where extra care is neede ...

Mölnlycke Health Care acquires the Burn and Wound Care Business from Brennen Medical

February 27 2012, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Mölnlycke Health Care US, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mölnlycke Health Care AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) announces it has acquired the assets of Brennen Medical (St. Paul, MN) associated with their business in Burn and Wound Care.In this transaction ...

Mölnlycke Health Care wins six 2011 International MarCom Awards

November 25 2011, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Mölnlycke Health Care is pleased to announce the receipt of six awards in the 2011 MarCom award competition that recognizes outstanding creative achievement by marketing and communication professionals.MarCom Awards is administered and judged by the ...

Inauguration Ceremony of MHC-Xijing Hospital Wound & Scar Therapy and Training Centre in Xian, China

November 11 2011, in Mölnlycke Health Care

The Burns Department of Xijing Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University in Xian, Shaanix Province, and Mölnlycke Health Care have collaborated to establish the MHC -Xijing Hospital Wound & Scar Therapy and Training Centre which will ser ...

New publication highlights the clinical and economic benefits of Safetac® technology in wound care

October 11 2011, in Mölnlycke Health Care

The practical management of different wound types, each presenting with unique clinical and economic challenges, is something that has to be undertaken by healthcare providers and health professionals working in a variety of different clinical discip ...

Reusable staff clothes carry harmful bacteria

September 27 2011, in Infection prevention

Mölnlycke Health Care, Surgical division comments on the paper ”Nursing and physician attire as possible source of nosocomial infections”, Yonit Wiener-Well et al. A paper recently published in American Journal of Infection Control, authored by Yonit ...

Mölnlycke delegation visits Burn Centre in China

September 5 2011, in Mölnlycke Health Care

A delegation from Mölnlycke Health Care, including our CEO, Pierre Guyot visited the Changhai Hospital Burn Department on the 30th of August. The delegation was warmly received by the burn department’s Director, Dr. Zhaofan Xia who is also the Presi ...

Mölnlycke Health Care U.S. Announces Building for the Future

August 25 2011, in Mölnlycke Health Care

As a result of our growth, Mölnlycke Health Care, US LLC is dedicated to producing products closer to our customers. That’s why we are investing in and building a new Wound Care manufacturing site at Brunswick Landing in Brunswick, Maine USA. T ...

Mölnlycke voices support for WHO’s call-to-action against antimicrobial resistance

May 5 2011, in Infection prevention

Mölnlycke Health Care supports the goals of the recently-announced World Health Organisation policy to combat the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Within its six point strategy, the WHO calls for improved infection control practices, including ha ...

In the midst of tragedy - our Japanese employees do what they can to help

April 1 2011, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Since the March 11 earthquake and resulting aftershocks, tsunami and situation at nuclear facilities, we have received regular updates from our Japanese employees. None of our colleagues were hurt during the earthquake and they quickly turned t ...

Mölnlycke Health Care makes Wound Care history in China

January 24 2011, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Mölnlycke Health Care China has set up the MHC-Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital Wound & Scar Treatment Centre (The Guangzhou Centre), with the Burn, and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department of the Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital. The Guangzh ...

Investor acquires shares in Mölnlycke Health Care

August 27 2010, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Investor has reached an agreement with Morgan Stanley Principal Investments to acquire their 34 percent equity stake in Mölnlycke. Read the press release from Investor Listen to the web cast from the conference For further information cont ...

New member of the Mölnlycke Health Care Board of Directors

August 2 2010, in Mölnlycke Health Care

As of August 2, 2010 Marianne Dicander Alexandersson will take a seat on the Mölnlycke Health Care Board of Directors. Marianne is currently the CEO of the national pharmacy chain in Sweden. She has also held top management positions for a major Swe ...

Mölnlycke Health care wins patent infringement case regarding its Mepilex Border products in Germany

May 5 2010, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Smith & Nephew must immediately remove all Allevyn Gentle Border products from the German supply chain and market. Mölnlycke Health Care announces that on 16 March 2010, the District Court in Dusseldorf, Germany ruled that all of Smith & Nep ...

Mölnlycke Health Care donates ProcedurePak® trays to Haiti

March 31 2010, in O.R. Efficiency

Haiti still suffers from the heavy earthquake that affected the country in January this year. In an effort to ease the human suffering in Haiti, Mölnlycke Health Care continues to donate medical supplies to volunteer organizations operating in the co ...

Mölnlycke Health Care Launches New Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System In Collaboration With Medela AG

March 12 2010, in Mölnlycke Health Care

Mölnlycke Health Care, a world leading manufacturer of single-use surgical and wound care products and services for the professional health care sector, announces the European launch of Avance™, a new negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) system, to ...

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