Edwin Tapiwa Chamanga discusses the use of the Waterlow assessment tool in wound management

Edwin Tapiwa Chamanga RGN, BSc (Hons), (BSc Hons) Specialist Community Practice (District Nursing), currently reading for an MSc Skin integrity skills and treatments is a Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist, City and Hackney Primary Care Trust, London

Article accepted for publication: September 2009

Acknowledgement: The author would like to acknowledge the contribution of Mr. Prince Sunkwa-Mills, a student in MSc Health Informatics, who assisted in some of the research for this article.