Management and treatment of wounds is estimated to cost the Canadian health care system $3.9 billion annually. It is a common challenge throughout many practice settings, including <\/span><\/font>acute care, home care, and long-term care. As our population demographics change with people living longer lives and with increasing co-morbidities, we are seeing wounds more often and with increasing complexity. These wounds can have devastating impacts on patients – causing physical and psychosocial suffering such as <\/span><\/font>pain, loss of independence, social isolation and depression. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>