Skin Assessment for Infection, Hematoma, and Pressure Damage
SKIN ASSESSMENT
Why is it important to consider the effects of laboratory and diagnostic testing on skin integrity?
- Venipuncture is invasive; complications include bleeding from the puncture site, hematoma, cellulitis, phlebitis, and infection or sepsis.
- Diagnostic procedures often involve the use of imaging tables and positioning equipment that are sometimes used over long periods of time and that may cause interface pressure damage to the skin.
- Laboratory procedures (specimen procurement) and diagnostic procedures (patient positioning) can cause skin complications—laboratory and diagnostic procedures are also used to predict risk for, identify, or monitor therapy administered for skin complications.
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Citation
Van Leeuwen, Anne M., and Mickey Lynn. Bladh. "Skin Assessment for Infection, Hematoma, and Pressure Damage." Davis's Lab & Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Davis-Lab-and-Diagnostic-Tests/425493/all/Skin_Assessment_for_Infection_Hematoma_and_Pressure_Damage.
Van Leeuwen AMA, Bladh MLM. Skin Assessment for Infection, Hematoma, and Pressure Damage. Davis's Lab & Diagnostic Tests. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Davis-Lab-and-Diagnostic-Tests/425493/all/Skin_Assessment_for_Infection_Hematoma_and_Pressure_Damage. Accessed September 7, 2024.
Van Leeuwen, A. M., & Bladh, M. L. (2017). Skin Assessment for Infection, Hematoma, and Pressure Damage. In Davis's Lab & Diagnostic Tests (7th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Davis-Lab-and-Diagnostic-Tests/425493/all/Skin_Assessment_for_Infection_Hematoma_and_Pressure_Damage
Van Leeuwen AMA, Bladh MLM. Skin Assessment for Infection, Hematoma, and Pressure Damage [Internet]. In: Davis's Lab & Diagnostic Tests. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2024 September 07]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Davis-Lab-and-Diagnostic-Tests/425493/all/Skin_Assessment_for_Infection_Hematoma_and_Pressure_Damage.
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