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✔✔Preventing Infections - ✔✔eating a healthy diet, exercising, engaging in leisure
activities, getting rest
get immunizations
wash your hands
use PPE
do not cough or sneeze into your hands or into the air
proper hygiene
✔✔PPE (personal protective equipment) - ✔✔gloves
- should be removed first when in multiple layes of PPE because they are the most
contaminated
- may need to double glove
✔✔superficial wounds - ✔✔involve only the epidermal layer of skin
, ✔✔partial-thickness wounds - ✔✔extend through the epidermis into the dermis
✔✔full-thickness wounds - ✔✔Extend to the subcutaneous tissue and beyond
✔✔Penetrating wound - ✔✔descriptor sometimes to indicate that the wound includes
internal organs
✔✔Chronic wounds - ✔✔exceed anticipated length of recovery
also considered contaminated but not necessarily infected
✔✔Sanguineous - ✔✔bright red or bloody
might see clots in the drainage
overtime may turn to a reddish brown
✔✔Serous - ✔✔drainage is straw colored and watery
common in clean wounds
✔✔Serosanguineous - ✔✔drainage is pink. It is a mix of blood and serous fluid
✔✔Purulent - ✔✔drainage is yellow or green
often thick in texture and is present when there is an infection
✔✔REEDA (assessing a wound) - ✔✔redness
ecchymosis (bruising)
edema
drainage
Approximation (how the skin lines up)
✔✔PACTO (wound drainage) - ✔✔Presence
Amount
color
type
odor
✔✔Six Rights of Medication Administration - ✔✔drug
dose
time (specify 30 minutes before/after the time is ordered which is standard practice)
route
patient