Abstrak:
Appropriate wound care can facilitate the wound healing process. The objective of this case study is to describe the effectiveness of using chitosan cream and cadexomer iodine in patients with hard to heal wounds. The research design is a case study carried out on two clients with chronic wounds that had been present for more than 12 weeks. The wounds were subjectively assessed as slough and granulation-coloured. The wound development was evaluated using the winners score. The findings of this study indicate that the appication of chitosan creams and cadexomer iodine in the management of hard to heal wound is an effective approach, resulting in a four-week healing periode. The findings of this case study indicate that the utilisation of shitosan cream and cadexomer iodine has been demonstrated to facilitate the acceleration of the wound healing process in instances of long-healing wounds.
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