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Published on: December 4, 2021
Debridement options for the interprofessional team
Erin M Rajhathy1, Mary C Hill, David L Tran
1Erin Rajhathy is a doctoral student at Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden. Mary Hill is an RN in Alberta, Canada. David Tran is a postdoctoral research fellow at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Ren-Wen Huang is an attending physician at Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan. Ernest Chiu is a professor of plastic surgery at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York, NY. Gary Sibbald is a professor of medicine and public health at the University of Toronto. Elizabeth Ayello is a faculty emeritus of Excelsior University School of Nursing in Albany, N.Y., and is a member of the Nursing2024 editorial board.
Abstract:
Debridement is a core component of chronic wound management. Although various debridement methods exist, each carries a unique patient risk level. This article discusses the different normal tissue components that are critical to safe debridement practice, various methods of wound debridement for nurses, and the importance of an interprofessional team and consulting a wound specialist.
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