Effective wound management post a burn injury is imperative to facilitate healing within ideal timeframes in order to optimise outcomes. This page details information regarding common post discharge wound care requirements including care of patients discharged with skin grafts and donor sites, or patients who have Biobrane or BTM insitu.
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References
- Benjamin DA, Jaco M, Koch E. Burn Nursing. In: Total Burn care. 4th edition. Edinburgh: Saunders, Elsevier; 2012. P. 397-403.
- Hazani R, Whitney R, Wilhelmi BJ. Optimizing Aesthetic Results in Skin Grafting. Am Surg. 2012:Feb 78(2):151-154
- The Joanna Briggs Institute. Recommended Practice. Burn Wound Management: Tertiary Burn Unit Facility. The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database, JBI@Ovid. 2016; JBI5337.
- The Joanna Briggs Institute. Recommended Practice. Graft Care After Removal of Primary Dressing. The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database, JBI@Ovid. 2016; JBI6505.
- Victorian Adult Burns service. Burns Management Guidelines (Intranet). Melbourne, 2016.
- Demirtas Y, Yagmur C, Soylemez F, Ozturk N, Demir A. Management of split-thickness skin graft donor site: A prospective clinical trial for comparison of five different dressing materials. Burns. 2010;36:7, 999-1005
- Eskes MA, Brölmann EF, Gerbens AL, Ubbink TD, Vermeulen, H. Which dressing do donor site wounds need? BMC (Internet) 2011/10/17;12: 229. Available from https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-229
- AlfredHealth/ Surgical services/Burns. Biobrane: Use and management. Available at:http://prompt.baysidehealth.intra:89/Search/SearchLibrary.aspx?filename=1149633\1149694\25468778.pdf. Accessed Oct, 2018.
- Long Khanh Dao Le, B.Pharm, MPH, MHHSM. Evidence Summary. Biosynthetic Skin Substitutes: Burns/Wounds Care. The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database, JBI@Ovid. 2017; JBI4756.
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