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- PIN SITE CARE FOR T HE EX TERNAL FIXXATOR - New Jersey Medical School
u may shower while wearing your fixator While in the shower, gent y clean your fixator with soap and water A liquid antibacterial soap uch as Dial or Soft-soap should be sed Be sure to rinse the fixator well Afterwards, dry e fixator thoroughly with a clean towel Continue to clean you pin sites in the manner described abo
- External Fixator Pin Site Care Guideline - WVU Medicine
Plan for change of OR pin site dressings at 24 hours unless otherwise instructed May be completed by orthopedics team, trauma team or bedside nursing
- Pin-Site Care - Orthofix
You should treat your external fixator with care and maintain clean, dry pin sites Starting with the first day your fixator is applied, and until the day your fixator is removed, your pin sites will require a cleaning regimen which should be painless for you to perform
- Foot And Ankle Surgery - OINT
Using external fixation as a treatment to heal your fracture may help you return to you normal activities more quickly, but it is essential that you care for your pin sites correctly to help prevent infection and allow more comfortable healing
- External Fixator Care and Considerations - Nursing CE Central
Nurses play a crucial role in supporting patients with external fixator devices and in caring for pin sites Clear and consistent assessment and documentation enable nurses to monitor the condition of pin sites and distinguish between new and recurrent pin site infections
- A Patients Guide to Pin Site Care (Upper and lower limb external . . .
Pin site care is important because the wires and or half pins pass through the skin and muscles and into the bone This increases the risk of an infection on the skin spreading down into the bone Pin sites may fall into one of three categories; ‘calm’, ‘irritated’ or ‘infected’
- Pin Care Protocol - Dr. David M. Feldman
The pins on an external fixator go through the skin and into the bone, which can give germs a direct way to get into the body and cause infection This is why pin care and keeping pin sites clean is so important
- Prevention of pin site infection in external fixation: a review of the . . .
Due to a high incidence of pin site infections in patients undergoing external fixation and the morbidity and costs associated with the sequelae, clinicians need to educate patients to recognize the signs and symptoms of pin site infections in order to initiate treatment promptly
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