Rebecca Rodger

BSc (Hons) Podiatry
Medical Affairs Specialist – Advanced Wound Care

Having qualified from Glasgow Caledonian, I started my career as an MSK Specialist Podiatrist working for an orthotics distribution company, which I helped to develop into a multi-disciplinary clinic, working as the manager, as well as providing product support to other AHPs and speaking at conferences.

Recently, I made the leap into the medical device industry and now work as a Medical Affairs Specialist for the global company Convatec in Advanced Wound Care. I am extremely lucky to so far have such an interesting and varied career and hopefully sharing the knowledge I’ve acquired will help other Podiatrists in their own clinical practice!

Biofilm: The barrier to wound healing?

Biofilm is particularly tenacious in chronic or hard-to-heal wounds and may delay healing, its removal is of clinical importance and requires a multi-faceted approach, including physical removal through targeted wound hygiene. In this presentation we shall discuss the impact that biofilm has on wound healing, and how implementing the four- step Wound Hygiene Protocol in your clinical practice can lead to better outcomes for your patients¹.

1. Murphy, C., Atkin, L., Vega de Ceniga, M., Weir, D., Swanson, T., Walker, A., Mrozikiewicz-Rakowska, B., Ciprandi, G., Martínez, J.L.L. and Černohorská, J. (2022). Embedding Wound Hygiene into a proactive wound healing strategy. Journal of Wound Care, 31(Sup4a), pp.S1–S19. doi:https://doi.org/10.12968/jowc.2022.31.sup4a.s1.