BRADENTON -- Manatee Memorial Hospital staff, leaders and clinicians celebrated the Center of Distinction Award, which was given to the Wound Care and Hyperbaric Treatment Center by Diversified Clinical Services, Inc., the world’s leading wound care management company.

The Wound Care and Hyperbaric Treatment Center has achieved outstanding patient outcomes for 12 consecutive months, including patient satisfaction over 90%, an 89% wound-healing rate within 30 median days to heal, among other quality outcomes.

The Wound Care and Hyperbaric Treatment Center at Manatee Memorial Hospital is a member of the Diversified Clinical Services Network of over 325 centers, which provides access to benchmarking data and proven experience treating over two million chronic wounds.

The center opened in 2009 and provides comprehensive wound care therapies in the treatment of chronic, nonhealing wounds. It features hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which delivers high concentrations of oxygen to the patient, accelerating the healing process.