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Understanding Wound Care and Healing Process

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Understanding Wound Care and Healing Process

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What characterizes a clean-contaminated wound?

Accidental wounds with dead tissue and pus drainage

Open, fresh, accidental wounds with evidence of inflammation

Minimal inflammation and primarily closed wounds

Entry into the respiratory, alimentary, genital, or urinary tract without infection (correct)

What is the definition of a wound?

An injury to the internal organs

A break in the muscle

A tear in the bone

A disruption in the integrity of the skin (correct)

Which type of wound healing occurs with clean-edged lacerations or surgical incisions?

Secondary intention

Primary intention (correct)

Open wound healing

Tertiary intention

Which type of wound occurs unintentionally?

Fracture in the arm during a road traffic accident Signup and view all the answers

What type of wound includes old, accidental wounds containing dead tissue and evidence of infection?

Dirty or infected wounds Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of asepsis?

The freedom from disease causing microorganism Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between medical asepsis and surgical asepsis?

Medical asepsis confines microorganisms to a specific area, while surgical asepsis destroys microorganisms and spores Signup and view all the answers

Where do microorganisms exist according to the text?

On body surfaces such as the skin, intestinal tract, and other areas open to the outside Signup and view all the answers

What is sepsis?

The condition in which acute organ dysfunction occurs secondary to infection Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of disease?

A detectable alteration in normal tissue function Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of aseptic technique?

To limit the number, growth, and transmission of microorganisms Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of sepsis?

The condition in which acute organ dysfunction occurs secondary to infection Signup and view all the answers

What does surgical asepsis refer to?

Practices that keep an area or an object free of all microorganisms Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of a clean-contaminated wound?

It involves minimal break in aseptic technique Signup and view all the answers

Where do many microorganisms exist according to the text?

On body surfaces such as the skin and in lower urinary tract Signup and view all the answers