EWMA and Wounds Australia have developed this document, aiming to highlight some of the barriers and facilitators related to implementation of VLU guidelines as well as provide clinical practice statements to overcome these and “fill the gaps” currently not covered by the majority of available guidelines.

The expert working committee responsible for this document is composed of healthcare professionals with different professional backgrounds and nationalities, to cover all aspects of VLU management and develop a document that takes the organisational differences across countries into consideration.

The document focus is leg ulcers of a venous origin. The authors of this document alert HCPs to the importance of a correct diagnosis of the type of ulcer being treated. Other types of leg ulcers are described to assist the HCP  in determining arterial, mixed aetiology, and atypical ulcers and when to consider referral.