Week 6 Aseptic Practices and Wound Care

Question 1

Variances to intact skin, free from wounds and influences from internal and external impacts

Answer 1

Skin integrity

Question 2

Open wound, deep or shallow, made by a surgical instrument

Answer 2

Incision

Question 3

Closed wound characterized by blood vessel and tissue damage

Answer 3

Contusion

Question 4

Open wound with damage to the skin layer

Answer 4

Abrasion

Question 5

Deep penetrating incision to the skin and underlying tissues (intentional and unintentional)

Answer 5

Puncture

Question 6

Open wound, tissue torn apart, skin and often underlying tissue

Answer 6

Laceration

Question 7

Penetration of the skin and underlying tissue (unintentional)

Answer 7

Penetrating Wound

Question 8

Lesion caused by interrupted blood supply from unrelieved pressure

Answer 8

Pressure Ulcer

Question 9

The absence of bacteria and viruses

Answer 9

Asepsis

Question 10

Material such as fluid and cells that has escaped from blood vessels during the inflammatory response. Three types

Answer 10

Exudate

Question 11

The absence of bleeding

Answer 11

Hemostasis

Question 12

Partial or total rupturing of a closed wound

Answer 12

Dehiscence

Question 13

Where the tissue surface is closed and there is minimal tissue loss

Answer 13

Primary Intention

Question 14

A wound with considerable tissue loss, where the edges cannot be closed

Answer 14

Secondary Intention Healing

Question 15

If a wound continues underneath the edges it is called?

Answer 15

Undermining or tunnelling

Question 16

Healing by ‘secondary intention’ refers to?

Answer 16

Open wounds healing from the base up

Question 17

A healthy wound bed appears?

Answer 17

Pink or red and moist

Question 18

A stage III pressure injury has?

Answer 18

Full thickness tissue loss

Question 19

One of the benefits of negative pressure wound therapy is?

Answer 19

Blood flow to the wound is improved

Question 20

Removing alternate sutures or staples from a wound decreases the risk of?

Answer 20

Wound dehiscence

Question 21

Who gets pressure injuries?

Answer 21

Anyone and everyone

Question 22

The next stage of wound healing after the Inflammation stage is?

Answer 22

Proliferation

Question 23

‘Peri wound’ refers to the tissue surrounding the wound. It is typically around what size from the wound edges?

Answer 23

4cm

Question 24

Sutures used to close surgical wounds are usually removed after how many post-operative days?

Answer 24

5 – 14 days

Question 25

NPWT

Question 26

Sutures

Question 27

Haemoserous

Question 28

Sterile field

Question 29

Contamination

Question 30

Haematoma

Question 31

DuoDerm ® dressing

Question 32

How often would you change a PICO?

Answer 32

2-3 days