Simplifying the Complexities of Wound Care We recognise that wounds and the impact they have can be complex, but the solution doesn’t have to be.
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🔦 The spotlight is on infection with this week's #WoundCareWednesday
Topical antimicrobials should only be used when signs and symptoms suggest that the wound bioburden is interfering with healing.
a) True
b) False
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What tissue type can a hydrogel be used with?
a) Necrotic, epithelialising, sloughy
b) Sloughy, granulating, infected
c) Fungating, cavity, necrotic
d) Necrotic, sloughy, granulating
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What are the wound symptoms to look out for?
a) Exudate, infection, pain
b) Exudate, infection, pain, odour
c) Exudate, infection, odour, desiccation
d) Exudate, pain, infection, maceration
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Test your knowledge with this week’s #WoundCareWednesday question.
What lifestyle factor DOES NOT have an intrinsic effect on wound healing?
a) Drugs
b) Age
c) Smoking
d) Alcohol
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In neonates, what is the percentage equivalence of adult skin thickness?
a) 60%
b) 80%
c) 70%
d) 50%
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🔦 The spotlight is on Moisture Associated Skin Damage with this week's #WoundCareWednesday question!
MASD only occurs in older people. True or false?
a) True
b) False
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This week's #WoundCareWednesday question!
Where are common areas that pressure ulcers/injuries are most likely to occur?
a) Heels
b) Elbow
c) Sacral area
d) All of the above
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🔦 The spotlight is on Pressure Ulcer Prevention with this week's #WoundCareWednesday
It is important to maintain repositioning despite being on a dynamic pressure-reducing mattress.
a) True
b) False
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Wound infection is the invasion of a wound by proliferating microorganisms to a level that invokes a local and/or systemic response in the host. True or false?
a) True
b) False
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What statement best describes Granulating tissue?
a)Has an offensive odour, indicating infection
b)Typified by pink coloured tissue
c)Usually, deep pink in colour at the base, with red lumps over the surface
d)Wound extends deep into the dermis and epidermis
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What statement best describes Granulating tissue?
a)Has an offensive odour, indicating infection
b)Typified by pink coloured tissue
c)Usually, deep pink in colour at the base, with red lumps over the surface
d)Wound extends deep into the dermis and epidermis
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What is the indication for desiccation of a wound margin?
a) Removal of physiological fluids that support wound healing can increase pain and itching
b) Tissue destruction, underlying intact skin along the margins indicating shear
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Temperature controls the rate of chemical and enzymatic processes occurring within the wound and the metabolism of cells and tissue engaged in the repair process. True or false?
a) True
b) False
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Skin tears occur due to shear and friction forces or blunt trauma, causing the dermis to separate from the subcutaneous layer, or both to separate from underlying structures.
a) True
b) False
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Day 2 of the @SoTV_UK Conference is here and we're back at Stand 53!
If you didn't get a chance to swing by yesterday, today is your opportunity to meet the team and find out more about ActivHeal® PHMB Foam and our Raponic™ Technology.
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Which is NOT an intrinsic factor for MASD?
a) Hygienic practices
b) Excessive perspiration
c) Dermal atrophy
d) Abnormal skin pH
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We're here! 🎉
Day one of the Society of Tissue Viability Conference 2026 is officially underway and the team is ready to go at Stand 53 @SoTV_UK
See you there!
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A device related pressure ulcer (DRPU) can be defined as:
An involvement/interaction with a device or object that is not in direct contact with skin, causing focal and localised forces that deform the superficial and deep underlying tissues.
a) True
b) False
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A device related pressure ulcer (DRPU) can be defined as:
An involvement/interaction with a device or object that is not in direct contact with skin, causing focal and localised forces that deform the superficial and deep underlying tissues.
a) True
b) False
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NICE and EPUAP guidelines recommend adults who are at risk should be encouraged to change their position regularly, depending on the needs of the person, at what time interval?
a) More than 6 hrs
b) Less than 2 hrs
c) Less than 6 hrs
d) More than 8 hrs
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