The International Skin Tear Advisory Panel (ISTAP) raises global awareness of skin tear prediction, assessment, prevention, and management through a multidisciplinary panel of healthcare professionals worldwide, representing Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, and North America. Our mission is to improve outcomes for individuals at risk of or experiencing skin tears through education, research, and advocacy, all aimed at achieving our vision of "a world without skin tears". ISTAP has over 4,000 members worldwide.

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Why we are needed?

Skin Tears: An Often Painful But Largely Preventable Health Care Issue.

Skin tears affect all ages and continue to be a common problem in all health care settings. They are often painful, acute wounds resulting from trauma to the skin, and are largely preventable.

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What are we doing?

A Skin Tear Consensus Panel Was Established To Address Prevention, Assessment, And Treatment Of Skin Tears.

A panel of 13 internationally recognized key opinion leaders convened to address skin tears. The original ISTAP Panel have kindly granted permission to share their publication Skin Tears: State Of The Science: Consensus Statements For The Prevention, Prediction, Assessment, And Treatment Of Skin Tears.

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What have we achieved?

The ISTAP now includes 19 global expert members from 11 countries and has participated in the publication of 14 articles.  The ISTAP Classification System has been translated into English, Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch,French, French-Canadian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and more!