Oasis help!!!!!!!!!

[mina123]

Can anyone please explain me what oasis is??????? Does every home care company uses this??????? Is this something only upper managment is involved with or do field nurses know about it too!!!!!!

[imanedrn]

www.oasistraining.org

This looks very helpful! Now I just need to take the time to follow it all!

[cookie102]

can someone help me out???

oasis question: surgical wound

when is surgical wound no longer considered a surgical wound (for oasis purposes), i know it is after some many weeks but i can't find the answer anywhere

thanks in advance

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

see:

how to fine tune your oasis questions and properly document:

3m oasis integrity project 2008 revision

[color=#0033ff]updated recommended questions and techniques for oasis m0 items

definitions:

healing by primary intention (i.e. approximated incisions).

fully granulating/healing (response 1):

• incision well approximated with complete epithelialization
  
• no signs or symptoms of infection

early/partial granulation (response 2):

incision well approximated but not completely epithelialized

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• no signs or symptoms of infection

  
  

**new post op incisions with staples/steri strips without signs of infection usually response 2

non-healing (response 3):

incisional separation or

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• incisional necrosis or

  
  

• signs or symptoms of infection

  
  

patient has surgical wound until discharged from care ---really takes 6 months for full internal epitialization to occur. :)