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24 December 2019
Dressing products must be chosen to suit a particular wound and individual patient needs at a particular stage of healing. The ideal dressing should provide the optimum environment for wound healing and protection from further injury and/or infection.
Heel and sacral dressings have not been included as it is usually possible to get a better dressing fit for most patients by cutting and moulding flat dressings to the correct shape.
The ideal dressing needs to ensure that the wound remains:
Please ensure you order only what the patient requires and only change dressing regime as clinically indicated.
Symptoms or signs of infection see Infected wounds
Choices of primary dressing depending on the type of wound - see below
It is essential that you are familiar with the instructions for use and indications for a dressing before using or prescribing the product. Please refer to the products packaging and most recent BNF and Drug Tariff for further information.
Remove the cause & reduce or minimise the causation
Address systemic influences
Look to enthuse fibroblast activity (remember that friable 'red' tissue can also indicate bacterial presence)
Symptoms or signs of infection see Infected wounds
Address systemic influences
Look to enthuse fibroblast activity (remember that friable 'red' tissue can also indicate bacterial presence)
Treat gently
Dry:
Moist:
Wet:
Saturated:
Leaking: