When to clean a wound
The next question considered when it is appropriate to clean
a wound. A total of 107 people responded to this question.
More than a third of respondents who answered this question
believed that all wounds should be cleansed at every dressing
stage (n=41; 38%). This sounds like a fair assumption; however,
the correct response is that the wound should be cleansed when
there is non-viable tissue, they are sloughy or there is moderate-
to-severe exudate present in the wound bed. The majority of
respondents answered this correctly (n=66; 62%). The third
response was that wounds should never be cleansed as they clean
themselves naturally—this response was not selected by any of
the health professionals, though nine people did not answer this
question. These results are illustrated in Figure 4.
Antimicrobial dressings
The final question of the survey asked which of three
statements described best practice in relation to the treatment
of wounds with localised infection. A total of 109 respondents
answered this questions. Of those who answered, almost
all responded correctly to this question (n=103; 94%) by
indicating that infected wounds require appropriate dressings
with antimicrobial properties, that will come into contact with
the wound bed upon application, and that must be assessed
on a regular basis until the infection resolves completely. Five
respondents (5%) thought that all antimicrobial dressings
should be used continuously until the wound is completely
covered with epithelial tissue or until the wound’s healing
progression stops, and only one respondent (1%) thought
that all wounds, whether or not they are infected, require
antimicrobial dressings to prevent, if not to treat, infection.
These results are shown in Figure 5.
When to clean a woundThe next question considered when it is appropriate to clean a wound. A total of 107 people responded to this question. More than a third of respondents who answered this question believed that all wounds should be cleansed at every dressing stage (n=41; 38%). This sounds like a fair assumption; however, the correct response is that the wound should be cleansed when there is non-viable tissue, they are sloughy or there is moderate-to-severe exudate present in the wound bed. The majority of respondents answered this correctly (n=66; 62%). The third response was that wounds should never be cleansed as they clean themselves naturally—this response was not selected by any of the health professionals, though nine people did not answer this question. These results are illustrated in Figure 4.Antimicrobial dressingsThe final question of the survey asked which of three statements described best practice in relation to the treatment of wounds with localised infection. A total of 109 respondents answered this questions. Of those who answered, almost all responded correctly to this question (n=103; 94%) by indicating that infected wounds require appropriate dressings with antimicrobial properties, that will come into contact with the wound bed upon application, and that must be assessed on a regular basis until the infection resolves completely. Five respondents (5%) thought that all antimicrobial dressings should be used continuously until the wound is completely
covered with epithelial tissue or until the wound’s healing
progression stops, and only one respondent (1%) thought
that all wounds, whether or not they are infected, require
antimicrobial dressings to prevent, if not to treat, infection.
These results are shown in Figure 5.
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