Leaders, physicians and clinicians from Halifax Regional recently gathered to celebrate the Center of Distinction award, which was given to The Wound Care Center by Healogics, the nation’s leading and largest wound care management company.

The Wound Care Center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for 12 consecutive months, including patient satisfaction higher than 92 percent, and a wound healing rate of at least 91 percent in less than 30 median days.

Out of 340 Centers eligible for the Robert A. Warriner III Center of Excellence award, 268 achieved this honor in 2017.

In 2017 the center treated 413 new patients alone — not including existing patients — and achieved a healing rate of 93 percent.

The Wound Care Center is a member of the Healogics network of nearly 800 Centers, with access to benchmarking data and proven experience treating approximately 2.5 million chronic wounds.

The Wound Care Center at Halifax Regional offers highly specialized wound care to patients suffering from diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections and other chronic wounds which have not healed in a reasonable amount of time.

Some of the leading treatments offered at the Wound Care Center include hyperbaric oxygen chambers, negative pressure wound therapy, debridement, application of cellular-based tissue or skin substitutes to the wound, offloading or total contact casts and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

“It’s a great honor for our staff to have received this award,” said Mick Olesnevich, program director. “They have worked extremely hard to achieve these high metrics while helping our patients experience improved healing rates by providing excellent and compassionate care.”

For appointments, assessments, questions, or a tour, call the Wound Care Center at 252-535-2350.