Leaders, physicians and clinicians from Manatee Memorial Hospital’s (MMH) wound care and hyperbaric treatment program gathered to celebrate the program’s receipt of the seventh consecutive Center of Distinction Award and the sixth consecutive Robert A. Warriner III Center of Excellence Award. MMH program was awarded these prestigious honors by Healogics, the nation’s largest wound care management company, for the highest level of quality standards and achieving patient satisfaction rates higher than 92 percent, a healing rate of at least 91 percent in less than 31 median days along with several other quality standards. Across the country, 334 Centers were eligible and 169 Centers were honored with this award in 2017. The wound care and hyperbaric treatment program at MMH offers specialized wound care to patients suffering from chronic or non-healing wounds. The program provides advanced treatments including negative pressure wound therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, biological and biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies.

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