Seventeen years … why?

Adam Bushby
12 May 2022

It has been long said that it takes 17 years for a new discovery to make it into mainstream practice. But why is this the case? I suppose that in the days of paper journals and less contact with researchers, the average healthcare professional simply never knew. Furthermore, without a formal educational programme in wound care, the student just does what he/she was taught or saw someone else do to prevent and treat wounds.

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