Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Devices

Project ID: WNDT1108

Original date: May 26, 2009

Correction date: November 12, 2009*

Technology Assessment: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Devices ( PDF version - 3.53 MB; Plugin Software Help)

*Go to Errata document ( PDF version - 9.55 KB; Plugin Software Help) for a summary of the corrections.

ECRI Institute

Nancy Sullivan, BA
David L. Snyder, Ph D
Kelley Tipton, MPH
Stacey Uhl, MSS
Karen M. Schoelles, MD SM

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Peer Reviewers

We wish to acknowledge individuals listed below for their review of this report. This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their expertise and diverse perspectives. The purpose of the review was to provide candid, objective, and critical comments for consideration by the EPC in preparation of the final report.. Synthesis of the scientific literature presented here does not necessarily represent the views of individual reviewers.

Katherine R. Jones, RN, Ph.D.
Sarah Cole Hirsh Professor Associate Dean for Evidence-based Practice
Case Western Reserve University
Bolton School of Nursing
Cleveland, Ohio

David Margolis, MD PhD
Professor of Dermatology and Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gerit Mulder, DPM, MS, APWCA
Director, Wound Treatment and Research Center at the Regional Burn Center
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California

Catherine Ratliff
PhD, APRN-BC
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia