Wound Exudate
Wound Types
Wound Terms
Wound Describers
Wound Care
100
The accumulation of fluid in the wound, or drainage from the wound.
What is exudate?
100
An opening in the skin caused by sharp instruments, usually during surgery. Can be shallow or deep.
What is an incision?
100
This means that the wound edges are closed, and the risk of infection is low.
What is older age, immobility, impaired sensory perception, chronic disease, malnutrition, incontinence
100
Breakdown of skin due to excessive moisture.
What is maceration?
100
The removal of nonviable, necrotic tissue from a wound bed.
What is debridement?
200
A yellow, green, or brown drainage. Indicating an infected wound
What is purulent drainage?
200
Superficial wounds that include scraping or rubbing of the skin. Usually caused by friction
What is an abrasion?
200
This refers to the separation of previously joined wound edges.
What is dehiscence?
200
Term for yellow, stringy nonviable tissue that can sometimes be seen in a wound bed.
What is slough?
200
A debridement technique that involves the use of wet-to-dry dressings. It removes both viable and dead tissue from the wound bed.
What is mechanical debridement?
300
Exudate that is described as clear, watery plasma
What is serous exudate?
300
Tearing of tissue with irregular edges, a cut in the skin
What is a laceration?
300
This term refers to the protrusion of visceral organs through a wound opening.
What is evisceration?
300
Red, moist tissue composed of new blood vessels. Healthy, viable tissue.
What is granulation tissue?
300
A debridement technique that involves the use of specialized dressings that allows the dead tissue to be self-digested by enzymes present in the wound.
What is autolytic debridement?
400
Exudate that is bright red; indicates active bleeding.
What is sanguineous exudate?
400
A closed wound, usually caused by a blow from a blunt object. Ecchymosis
What is a contusion?
400
This refers to the erosion of tissue underneath the wound edges that are beyond the wound opening.
What is undermining?
400
Black or brown necrotic tissue. Nonviable and needs to be removed for the wound to heal.
What is eschar?
400
A debridement technique that involves the use of topical enzymes that helps digest or dissolve the dead tissue.
What is chemical debridement?
500
Wound drainage that is pale red; mixture of plasma and blood.
What is serosanguineous exudate?
500
A larger collection of blood that occurs in deeper tissue
What is a hematoma?
500
This is the extension of tissue erosion beyond the wound bed and wound edges.
What is tunneling?
500
Repaired wound tissue.
What is epithelization?
500
This type of debridement involves the use of a scalpel or scissors to cut away and remove the dead tissue in a wound.
What is sharp/surgical debridement?