DEBRIDEMENT
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This article is reprinted from the British Journal of Nursing, 2014 (Tissue Viability Supplement), Vol 23, No 12
Mechanical debridement has only recently come back into
accepted use in the UK. Previous methods of mechanical
debridement were the use of ‘wet-to-dry’ gauze. This
involved placing a piece of wet gauze over the wound,
allowing the gauze to dry out and adhere itself to the wound
bed—and then physically removing it, effectively ‘waxing’
the top of the wound. This practice has not been used for
many years in the UK due to the pain and trauma to the
patient and the wound bed.
However, recently, the use of mechanical debridement
is again on the increase through the use of monofilament
debridement pads (Debrisoft). Debrisoft is a single-use, soft,
polyester fibre pad, which is gently wiped across the wound.
The exudate, dead cells and wound debris are removed
and retained in the monofilament fibres. With this device,
debridement takes on average 2–4 minutes per wound and is
done without the need for analgesia (National Institute for
Health and Care Excellence (NICE), 2014).
NICE recently published recommendations for the use of
Activa Healthcare’s Debrisoft monofilament debridement
pad in the management of acute and chronic wounds. They
reviewed the evidence and found that debridement (by
Debrisoft) was effective in 93.4% (142/152) of the sessions.
During the debridement procedure, 45% of patients reported
that they experienced no pain, 50.4% reported slight
discomfort of short duration (mean 2 minutes) and 4.6%
reported moderate pain of short duration (mean 2.4 minutes).
No side effects were reported after the procedure by 56 of 57
patients, nor were any adverse events reported.
Clinicians reported that the Debrisoft pad removed
debris, slough, dried exudate and crusts efficiently, without
damaging the fragile skin surrounding the wound (NICE,
2014). NICE (2014) also calculated cost savings through
the use of Debrisoft within the community, estimating that
Debrisoft could save the NHS up to £484 per patient for
complete debridement of a wound, compared with current
standard management.
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