Wound dressings<\/strong><\/span> are used to cover open wounds<\/strong><\/span>. The key characteristic of an open wound is skin damage<\/span>. This damage may be limited to the epidermis or dermis (abrasion<\/em>), but can also involve complete rupture of the structure of the skin layers. Damage to the skin layers results in a loss of the skin\u2019s protective function. Further tissue damage and contamination by microorganisms and foreign particles are dangers which may hamper rapid healing of the wound.<\/span><\/p>\n A wound dressing is an aid to stimulate the natural wound healing process. This process starts to close the wound starts as soon as the wound has been inflicted. Until the wound has closed up fully in the natural way, the dressing replaces the skin\u2019s barrier function. Before the dressing is applied, the wound should be inspected<\/strong><\/span>, cleaned<\/strong><\/span> and stitched<\/strong><\/span>, if necessary. <\/span><\/p>\n A wound dressing should consist of three layers:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wound dressings are used to cover open wounds. The key characteristic of an open wound is skin damage. This damage may be limited to the epidermis or dermis (abrasion), but can also involve complete rupture of the structure of the skin layers. Damage to the skin layers results in a loss of the skin\u2019s protective […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[149],"class_list":["post-889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wound-dressings","tag-bandages-bandaging-techniques"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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