"cheesy slough"

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Specializes in ER/Geriatrics/Med-Surg/Ortho.

Is there a better medical term for the slough that is non adherent? Our wound specialist calls it cheesy slough...yuck.

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Haha....well that sounds appetizing! "Slough" is quite a broad term that is used to denote wound debris. I know many people who are extremely, possibly even unnecessarily specific with regards to wound descriptives, however, it is their assessment and I definitely won't knock anyone who is attempting to be as specific and correct as possible. I would simply refer to it as nonadherent slough. When in doubt of what types of tissue I'm seeing during a wound assessment, I will even state things such as "grey/brown adherent nonviable tissue to 80% of wound bed with 20% pale pink non granular tissue." But I agree that "cheesy" does not sound all too professional, or comforting, especially in the presence of the patient.

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Specializes in School Nursing.

Well, I can add that to my list of favorite medical terms, after fomite and feculent vomitus. ;)

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Specializes in ER/Geriatrics/Med-Surg/Ortho.
Well, I can add that to my list of favorite medical terms, after fomite and feculent vomitus. ;)
I'll probably regret asking, but what are those ?
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Specializes in ER/Geriatrics/Med-Surg/Ortho.

Thanks :)

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Specializes in School Nursing.

A fomite is any object or surface capable of carrying germs. It is a big topic of discussion in the recent thread about nurses wearing their scrubs out after work and it has become a bit of a tag-line for some :)

Feculent vomitus was my favorite phrase from one particular nursing school professor. It is vomit that contains, or smells like, poop. Gotta love nursing!

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Specializes in ER/Geriatrics/Med-Surg/Ortho.

Beautiful.

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Specializes in Trauma, ER, ICU, CCU, PACU, GI, Cardiology, OR.
haha....well that sounds appetizing! "slough" is quite a broad term that is used to denote wound debris.

i'm still lol regarding your remark... even though i concur with your response...:D

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Glad I could provide you with a laugh, GitanoRN!

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Specializes in Acute Care, CM, School Nursing.

Feculent vomitus was my favorite phrase from one particular nursing school professor. It is vomit that contains, or smells like, poop. Gotta love nursing!

I was able to witness this as a brand new grad. There was actually fecal matter in the vomit, and it was very obvious... :eek: :eek:

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A fomite is any object or surface capable of carrying germs. It is a big topic of discussion in the recent thread about nurses wearing their scrubs out after work and it has become a bit of a tag-line for some :)

And let's not forget that it's inanimate, so while there are those that *think* of some of us as Walking Fomites....we can't be. But our scrubs, now, THOSE are potential fomites.

Fomite...fomite....fomite.....kinda loses meaning after awhile if you say it enough, huh? ;)

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cheesy slough.....or Wound Vernix? Hmmmm??

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