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Skin Integrity and Wound Care

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EPIDERMIS   Outermost cell layer of skin  
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DERMIS   middle layer of skin beneath epidermis, composed of CT, Blood and Lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles  
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SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE   or Hyypodermis-3rd layer, contain fat  
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Intentional Wounds   occur during therapy. Ie operation, venipuncture  
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Unintentional Wounds   accidentals  
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Incision   sharp instrument, Open wound, deep or swallow  
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Contusion   blow from a blunt instrument, Closed wound, skin appears ecchymotic, bruised because of damage blood vessels  
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Abrasion   Surface scrape, either unintentional or intentional-Open wound involving the skin  
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Puncture   penetration of the skin and often the underlying tissues by a sharp instrument, either intentional or unintentional-Open wound  
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Laceration   Tissue torn apart, often from accident-Open wound; edges are often jagged  
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Penetrating Wound   Penetration of the skin and the underlying tissues, usually unintentional –Open wound  
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Clean   are uninfected wounds there is minimal inflammation and respiratory , GI, genital, and urinary tracts are not entered. Primarily closed wounds.  
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Clean-Contaminated   surgical wounds in which respiratory, GI, genital, or urinary tract has entered. Such wounds show no evidence of infection  
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Contaminated wounds   include open-fresh accidental wounds and surgical wounds involving a major break in sterile technique or a large amt of spillage from GI. Contaminated wounds show evidence of inflammation  
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Dirty/infected wounds   include wounds containing dead tissue and wounds with evidence of a clinical infection, such as purulent drainage.  
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Partial-Thickness   confined to the skin-dermis and epidermis  
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Full-thickness   involving the dermis, epidermis, subcutaneous tissue, possibly muscle and bone; require CT repair  
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Ischemia   deficiency in blood supply to tissue. Tissue is compressed bw 2 surfaces, surface of the bed and bony skeleton  
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