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What does not Not open, not wet
compromised skin mean ?
With diabetes what skin Poor circulation, neuropathy
issues can we see?
Genetics/Heredity,
Age,
Skin Integrity can be
Chronic Illness and their treatments
affected by
Medications,
Poor nutrition
What chronic illnesses can Diabetes, Psoriasis
affect skin integrity
Friction and shearing
Immobility
Poor Nutrition
What are risk factors Incontinence
associated with skin Poor mental status
integrity? Poor sensation
Excessive body heat
Advanced age
Chronic medical conditions
, Clean
What are the types of Clean - Contaminated
wounds? Contaminated
Dirty/Infected
uninfected wounds in which there is minimal
inflammation and the respiratory, gastrointestinal,
Clean Wounds are
genital, and urinary tracts are not entered. Clean
wounds are primarily closed wounds.
surgical wounds in which the respiratory,
Clean - Contaminated
gastrointestinal, genital, or urinary tract has been
wounds are
entered. Such wounds show no evidence of infection
open, fresh, accidental wounds and surgical wounds
involving a major break in sterile technique or a large
Contaminated wounds are
amount of spillage from the gastrointestinal tract.
Contaminated wounds show evidence of inflammation
wounds containing dead tissue and wounds with
Dirty or infected wounds
evidence of a clinical infection, such as purulent
are
drainage.
Injury to skin and or underlying tissue (usually) over a
What are pressure ulcers
bony prominence
What causes pressure decreased blood flow to the area
ulcers
Why does decreased Lack of oxygen means tissue breakdown and tissue
blood flow cause pressure death
ulcers
nonblanchable, erythema (redness is not blanchable
Stage 1 Pressure ulcers are
and does not go away)
What is erythema superficial redness
Cause - Sharp instrument
Incisions
Description - Open wound, deep or shallow