title: Infrared skin thermometry: an underutilized cost-effective tool for routine wound care practice and patient high-risk diabetic foot self-monitoring.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide information about the use of infrared skin thermometry for routine wound care practice and patient high-risk diabetic foot self-monitoring.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  After participating in this educational activity, the participant will be able to:1. Describe infrared thermometer use and the authors' study findings.2. Summarize studies that have evaluated the use of infrared thermometers for measuring skin temperature of the diabetic foot.
  The aim of this article is to provide practitioners with an overview of infrared skin thermometry for everyday wound care practice. Thermometers have the potential for home use by patients with neuropathy to self-detect damage from repetitive trauma that will increase the risk of foot ulceration.
authors.affiliation: R. Gary Sibbald, BSc, MD, MEd, FRCPC(Med Derm), MACP, FAAD, MAPWCA, DSc (Hons) • Professor of Public Health and Medicine • University of Toronto • Ontario, Canada • Director • International Interprofessional Wound Care Course & Masters of Science in Community Health (Prevention & Wound Care) • Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto • Past President • World Union of Wound Healing Societies • Course Coordinator • International Interprofessional Wound Care Course at New York University Medical Center • Clinical Editor • Advances in Skin & Wound Care • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Asfandyar Mufti, BMSc • Medical Student • University of Ottawa-Faculty of Medicine • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada David G. Armstrong, MD, PhD, DPM • Professor of Surgery and Director • Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) • University of Arizona College of Medicine • Tucson, Arizona.
authors.forename: R Gary
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Sibbald
authors.forename: Asfandyar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mufti
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012648:Self Care / Q000295:instrumentation; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013817:Thermography; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis*