Protocol Orders
A default dressing for wounds unless otherwise specified by provider.
What is Medihoney?
A silver impregnated foam that is used as a post-operative incisional dressing and stays in place for up to 7 days.
What is bordered foam Ag?
A wound that results from direct trauma and progresses through the stages of healing within an expected timeframe.
What is an acute wound?
A foam that absorbs exudate and provides extra cushioning around trachs, tubes, or other medical devices.
What is non-bordered foam?
A solution used to cleanse wounds.
What is sterile normal saline?
3 types of wounds treated with zinc-impregnated gauze.
What are skin tears, partial thickness wounds, and severe incontinence associated dermatitis?
A silver coated dressing used over surgical sites.
What is Acticoat?
Any wound in which the stages of healing are interrupted or delayed.
What is a chronic wound?
A foam dressing that can be used preventatively or as secondary dressing over partial or full thickness wounds.
What is bordered foam?
A type of order that is placed in SCM no matter if it is protocol or obtained from MD.
What is a wound care order?
A protocol dressing for Type 1 and Type 2 skin tears.
What is oil emulsion dressing?
A mesh gauze with a blend of 3% Bismuth Tribromophenate and petrolatum used for light to non-exudative wounds, BLE ulcerations, or skin grafts.
What is Xeroform?
A wound that is caused by prolonged pressure, typically over bony areas, and can be staged based on severity.
What is a pressure injury?
A sterile cloth bandage used over non-draining surgical incisions.
What is bordered gauze (island dressing)?
A type of wound that adhesive strips should NOT be placed over.
What are skin tears?
3 different modalities of Medihoney.
What is Medihoney gel, paste, and hydrogel bordered sheet?
A cellulose derivative that contains silver and is used for highly exudative wounds.
What is Melgisorb Ag?
A type of wound, often seen in older adults, that occurs when the skin becomes thin and fragile, leading to a partial thickness injury with minimal trauma.
What is a skin tear?
A transparent film used to protect periwound skin from moisture, frition, and adhesive strippping.
What is skin sealant?
1st step in obtaining wound culture.
What is irrigate the wound the sterile normal saline?
Medihoney can assist in this specific process in wound care, which involves the body's natural removal of necrotic tissue.
What is autolytic debridement?
A freeze dried composite of collagen, cellulose, and silver used to help generate increased healing.
What is Prisma Ag?
Intact skin, 3rd degree burns, excessive bleeding, and allergy.
What are exclusion criteria for Medihoney?
A gel that donates moisture to the wound bed and is ideal for dry wounds to promote moist wound healing.
What is Hydrogel?
Facilitates autolytic debridement, reduces pain, reduces scarring, activates collagen synthesis, and promotes a wound's microenvironment.
What is moist wound healing?