Skin tear in Assisted Living

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I work in an assisted living/independent living facility and last night I got an emergency call(I am the only nurse in the building in the evening). So I went to the resident's room and she had fallen and had a skin tear. I cleansed the wound, used a bit of bacitracin covered with a absorbent foam pad and covered with a 4x4 and used paper tape. Is that the best way to treat the skin tear? I know in the hospital we commonly used tegederm, but it really seems that that would pull off more skin when its removed. Any ideas???? thanks in advance!!

TAO?

triple antibiotic ointment

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Specializes in PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice.

Additionally, the amount of exudate will help you determine the best dressing...some skin tears are really leaky...

yes, we need MD orders for wound dressings here in the USA...I know, silly isn't it?

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