The Wound Care Clinic

DEPARTMENT OF WOUND CARE

The wound care clinic was created out of the need for our patients to have a place where they can get the most comprehensive, accessible and knowledgeable care of essentially any type of wound that your physician feels is appropriate as out patient care. The clinic was initially created as an extension of the Department of Surgery about 7 years ago but now has expanded its role and now gets referrals from all over the medical center and is run by a very qualified group of wound care nurses who are always supported by the staff surgeons. The clinic sees about 3500 new patients every year, and has a large variety of wound care supplies available to accurately take care of nearly any type of wound that is encountered.

Clinic Hours:

Monday through Saturday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

All new appointments are by referrals made by health care providers only.

Meet the Staff:

Paula McLinden, RN, CWOCN (Charge RN)

Alexis Carucci, RN, CWCN

Marilyn Pekol, RN, CWCN, COCN

Ginger Drapchaty, RN, CWON

Connie Bloch, RN, CWCN

Cherry Zhang, RN, WCC

Connie Davis, PA-C

Cristi Akbari, RN, NP, PA-C

Julieta Gonzalez, LVN

Catherine Ruano, LVN

Mary Fallon, LVN

Ed Beuchot, LVN

WOUND CARE TOPICS, INSTRUCTIONS AND HANDOUTS:

Basic Wound care instructions

Wound care daily instruction sheet

What is MRSA?

What is Normal Saline?

Suture and Staple removal instructions

What are sebaceous or epidermoid cysts?

What is cellulitis?

All about venous leg ulcers

NUMBERS TO CALL WITH PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS

Wound Care Clinic: Department 290

Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (408) 851-2000

Kaiser Medical Call Center (call after clinic hours)

Monday – Friday

Weekends and Holidays (408) 554-9800

Emergency Department – open 24 hours (408)851-5300

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