SCIENCE, PRACTICE AND EDUCATION al. in their analysis of real-world data from North American nursing facility skin and wound records on the prevalence, healing and treatment of skin tears. Insights into implementation are provided by Bell, in her report on the development of evidence- based practices to guide the creation of a protocol for the treatment of skin tears. In another study, Charbonneau and her colleagues examine knowledge as a driver for implementation in a survey of nurses in French-speaking Switzerland. In two other manuscripts, Deprez and colleagues describe clinical guidelines for the treatment of skin tears from a home care perspective, and Van Tiggelen and colleagues provide us with updated knowledge about skin tears for the year 2022. Formosa and Holloway present the results of a survey to determine nurses’ knowledge of skin tears based on the OASES tool, and Jansz and colleagues present an evaluation of a first responder skin tear wound management pack. We would like to thank all of the authors who contributed to the success of this special issue and the readership of JOWM by advancing risk assessment, prevention and treat- ment in the field of skin tears. Dimitri Beeckman 1 and Samantha Holloway 2 1 Professor, Skin Integrity Research Group, University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Professor, Swedish Centre for Skin and Wound Research, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden; Past- President, International Skin Tear Advisory Panel (ISTAP); Past- President, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP); Executive Board Member (Honorary Treasurer), European Wound Management Association (EWMA) 2 Reader, Centre for Medical Education, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK; President, International Skin Tear Advisory Panel (ISTAP); Council Member, European Wound Management Association (EWMA) 37 JOURNAL OF WOUND MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN WOUND MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
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