Compression therapy : getting it right
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01/06/2006
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Resumo |
Teaching basic principles of colonisation, contamination and infection has revolutionised approaches to wound care. Wound colonisation is classified as the existence of bacteria with no obvious host reaction (Carville 2005). The act of wound contamination is recognised as introducing micro-organisms into the wound (Ellis 2004). Wound infection is an invasion and multiplication of micro-organisms causing localised and systemic effects (Baranoski and Ayello 2004). Through clinical practice, nurses inadvertently engage in wound contamination thus setting the environment for wound infection. |
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Publicador |
Australian Nursing Federation |
Relação |
Edwards, Helen & Shuter, Patricia (2006) Compression therapy : getting it right. The Australian Nursing Journal, 13(11), p. 39. |
Fonte |
Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Nursing |
Palavras-Chave | #110000 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES #111000 NURSING |
Tipo |
Journal Article |