A wound treatment apparatus (802) is disclosed to provide vacuum therapy to a wound associated with a patient. The wound treatment apparatus (802) comprises a control unit (803) comprising an alarm (868) and a display (1013) displaying an alarm log (1052) providing information associated with each activation of the alarm (868). The display (1013) also displays information to instruct a how to operate the wound treatment apparatus (802). A method of calibrating the control unit (803) is disclosed. The control unit (803) has a canister (826) to collect waste material from a vacuum wound bandage (14), a source (24) to irrigate the wound, and a door (832) to at least partially cover the fluid source (24).