Tissue Integrity Flashcards
1
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Clean contaminated wound
A
Surgical wounds in which the respiratory, alimentary, genital, or urinary tract has been entered. Such wounds show no evidence of being entered
2
Q
Contaminated wounds
A
Open,fresh, accidental, wounds and surgical wounds that involve a major break in sterile technique or a large amount of spillage from the gastrointestinal tract. They show evidence of inflammation.
3
Q
Dirty
Infected wounds
A
Wounds containing dead tissue and wounds with evidence of clinnical infection such as purulent drainage.
4
Q
Clean wounds
A
Uninfected wounds In Which minimal inflammation is encountered and the respiratory ,alimentary, genital and urinary tracts are not entered. Primarily closed wounds.