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Stage IV
A Stage IV pressure ulcer involves muscle, bone, or supporting structures. Undermining or sinus tracts may also be present.
Goals of Care: Restore skin integrity and avoid infection.
Wound and Skin Care Objectives: Protect intact periwound skin, cleanse wound, manage wound exudate, debride wound, hydrate wound, manage wound odor, and fill in dead space.
Stage 4
EXUDATE? DRY WOUND? NECROTIC? ODOR? DEPTH OR UNDERMINING? PERIWOUND SKIN AT RISK OR IMPAIRED?
Protect intact skin: Skin protectant, skin sealant, skin cleanser, transparent film, thin hydrocolloid, skin barrier, heel and elbow protectors
Cleanse wound: Wound cleanser
Manage wound exudate:
  • Minimal: transparent film, thin hydrocolloid, thin foam, absorptive gauze
  • Moderate: hydrocolloid, foam, calcium alginate, collagen, absorptive gauze
  • Heavy: calcium alginate, foam, absorptive gauze, combinations of dressings, wound beads, pastes or powders
Debride wound:
  • Dry: transparent film, hydrogel, moist saline gauze, hydrating impregnated gauze
  • Moist/wet: hydrocolloid, foam, calcium alginate, absorptive gauze
Hydrate wound: Hydrogel, hydrating impregnated gauze, moist saline gauze
Manage wound odor: Wound cleanser, odor absorbent dressing, room deodorizer, more frequent dressing changes, antimicrobial topical agent
Fill in dead space: Calcium alginate, hydrating or absorptive gauze, moist saline gauze, foam cavity dressing, wound beads, pastes or powders, collagen
HOLLISTER PRODUCTS FOR IMPROVED OUTCOMES
Skin Care
  • Restore Cleanser & Moisturizer
  • Hollister Skin Cleanser
  • Restore DimethiCreme
  • Hollister Skin Conditioning Creme
  • Hollister Moisture Barrier Ointment
  • Hollister Skin Gel
  • Premium Skin Barrier
  • Flextend Skin Barrier
  • EpiFlex Heel and Elbow Protectors
Wound Care
  • Restore Wound Cleanser
  • Restore Plus Hydrocolloid
  • Restore Hydrogel (gel, sponge, packing strip)
  • Restore CalciCare Calcium Alginate
  • Hollister Odor-Absorbent Dressing
  • Hollister Deodorizer Germicide
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