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Holistic wound assessment

Holistic wound assessment

An approach that takes into account the combination of factors – inside and outside the wound – that affect the healing process.

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  3. Strohal, R., Apelqvist, J., Dissemond, J. et al. EWMA Document: Debridement. J Wound Care. 2013; 22 (Suppl. 1): S1–S52.
  4. Dowsett C et al. Triangle of wound assessment. Made easy. Wounds International, May 2015
  5. Dowsett et al. (2020). Closing the gap between the evidence and clinical practice – a consensus report on exudate management (11(3))
  6. Wounds UK. (2018). Best Practice Statement Improving holistic assessment of chronic wounds. London: Wounds UK.