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How Can An Infected Wound Be Treated?
I am a nurse and I am trying to find the best wound care tx for an elderly ambulatory pt with a foot ulcer started out as a blister and then filled with yellow/green pus like drainage and had a very bad odor. the current tx is skin prep to area, I need to know if I should use hydrogel and dry dressing or santyl and calcium alginate?
Mon, 13 Aug 2018
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The best way to go is to send the wound fluid for culture and then start the antibiotic depending on the culture report. Till then a dry dressing is preferable.
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The best way to go is to send the wound fluid for culture and then start the antibiotic depending on the culture report. Till then a dry dressing is preferable.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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