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| Name some wound and skin related factors that help determine what kind of product to choose |
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Severity
Environment
Location
Size
Exudate
Infection |
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| What patient factors should you consider to help decide what type of product to use? |
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Nutrition
Medical status
Odor
Cost-Benefit Ratio |
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| What dressing factors help you determine what product to use |
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Availability
Durability
Adaptability |
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| The largest organ. Weighs 6-7 lbs, slightly acidic surface. Serves to protect, absorb, secrete, and tactile communication |
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| What can you not use around a stoma site because of possible aspiration |
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Nystatin powder
Clotrimazole cream
Elta silver gel |
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| 3M Cavilon - No sting barrier spray, Smith Nephew barrier spray, Sureprep by Medline |
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| an acryllic based adhesive; some ppl may have a sensitivity to this |
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| Common ingredients to these include dimethicone, petrolatum, and zinc oxide. These products may occur in combination |
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| Removes bacteria and/or feces while maintaining the skin barrier functiona nd providing comfort to your patient. Convatec, Smith & Nephew, Medline have full lines |
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| These products assist with maintaining moisture and skin hydration, and replace skin lipids. Coloplast, Smith & Nephew, Medline, Carrington Labs, Convatec, Elta. |
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| Derived from seaweed. Absorb 20X its own weight. Fill in the dead space. Facilitate autolytic debridement and turn into gel. For mod to heavy draining sites. Perk - easy to work with and come impregnated with silver. Cons - may dry out bed, secondary dressing needed, may macerate surrounding skin. Change every 1-3 days |
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| Derived from silver, iodine, etc. Can be integrated into other dressings. Can be used on draining, non-draining sites. Left in place multiple days. Used in all types of wounds. Check for silver sensitivity |
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| These products stimulate granulation tissue formation, tissue development, and creating an environment to heal. Used for partial to full thickness wounds. EX: Promogram matrix, Stimulen, Oasis. |
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| What are some PROS to collagens? |
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| Absorbent, maintain a moist wound environment, nonadherent, easy to use |
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| What are some CONS to collagens? |
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| Require a secondary dressing, not for use on black eschar or 3rd degree burns. |
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| Dressings that combine 2 or more physically distinct products into one single dressing. Features may include a physical barrier, absorptive layer, foam hydrocolloid, adhesive borders, hydrogel, etc. |
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| What are some PROS to composites? |
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| Allow moisture vapor, mold well, facilitate debridement, easy to use, include an adhesive border |
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| What some CONS to composites? |
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| Have to have good skin to secure dressing |
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| Alldress, Convaderm, Opsite Telfa, Tegaderm |
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| Single layers of some woven material or another product like silicone which has low adherence. Product is meant to be left in place to reduce wound trauma. Dermanet, Mepitel, Profore, Adaptic, Xeroform |
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| What are some PROS to Contact Layers? |
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| Protect the wound, allow drainage to pas thru, used with topical medications or fillers |
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| What are some CONS to contact layers? |
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| Req a secondary dressing, will not handle much drainage |
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| These dressings are absorbent and nonlinting. Come in pads, sheets, or pillows. Provide absorption an insulation. Mepilex, Allevyn, Hydroferra Blue, PolyMem |
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| What are some PROS to foams? |
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| Nonadherent, repel contaminants, absorb mod to light exudate, can be used under compression. |
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| What are some CONS to foams? |
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| Require a secondary dressing, may macerate periwound skin, won't work on dry eschar. |
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| Semiocclusive dressings composed of such materials as gelatin, pectin, and other products. Maintain moist environment and help granulate or debride a wound. Duoderm, Combiderm, PrimaCol, Restore, Ultec |
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| Name some PROS to hydrocolloids. |
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| Can handle light to mod drainage, minimize skin trauma, impermeable to bacteria, mold well to site. |
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| Name some CONS to hydrocolloids |
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| Not for infections, or fragile periwound skin, may curl at the edges has occlusive property, can't see under |
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| Water or glycerin based amorphous gels, impregnated gauzes or sheets. Help maintain a moist environment, and facilitate autolytic debridement. Aquaflo, Aquasorb, Curagel, Curasol gel, Hyper gel, Saf-gel |
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| What are some PROS to hydrogels? |
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| Soothing and reduce pain, fill in dead space, absorb min to mod drainage, easy to apply and remove |
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| What are some CONS to hydrogels? |
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| Not for heavy drainage, dehydrate if not covered. May be difficult to secure, may cause maceration |
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| Adhesive, semipermeable, polyurethane membrane. Water proof and impermeable to bacteria, but allow water vapor to pass. Promote a moist environment. Do not use on infected wounds because you want the infection to get out not be barricaded in. |
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| What are some PROS to transparent films? |
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| Allow wound observation, don't require a secondary dressing, retain moisture |
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| What are some CONS to transparent films? |
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| May not be for infected wounds, don't absorb, not for frail skin, difficult to handle, dislodge with friction |
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| Come as paste, granules, powders, beads, and gels. Provide a moist environment, absorb exudate, debride and soften eschar. Not very common anymore. May be seen in -ostomy care. |
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| What are some PROS to wound fillers? |
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| Fill the dead space, may absorb, easy to use, use with other products |
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| What are some CONS to wound fillers? |
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| Not for dry wounds, need secondary dressing. |
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| Generally attack a specific protein in collagen to denature. Will have to get from the pharmacy and require a DR order |
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| Collagenase - Santyl ointment, Hyper gel, BensalHP, Gladase Papain - Urea Debriding Ointment, Panafil, Regranex |
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| this type of medication is for diabetic ulcers |
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| this type of drug is to be put on eschar |
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