Is Your Wound Bioburdened? Case 4

Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS

 

• A 94-year-old male, active and in overall good health, with chronic venous leg insufficiency and hypertension.

• Treated regularly in our clinic for bilateral venous leg ulcers with good wound hygiene, absorptive dressings and compression bandaging.

• On one of these visits the patient complained of an area of discomfort on a callus located on the medial aspect of his right second toe including the interdigital area between toes 1 and 2.

 

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