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… The use of open-ended questions can help patients/carers to voice their concerns (Wounds International, 2016), e.g.: Box 5: Overview of biofilm ■ What worries you about your wound? (Bjarnsholt et al, 2016; Wounds ■ How is your wound affecting daily living and your personal relationships? UK, 2017; Schultz et al, 2017) ■ What issue or problem do you want to sort out first? ■ Biofilm comprises micro- ■ What do you want to sort out in the next couple of weeks/longer term? organisms embedded in a matrix of molecules including Patient concerns may differ from the clinician’s priorities for treatment, but should be proteins and DNA ■ Biofilm can exist on the surface •treated with respect and appropriate action taken of a wound and within deeper tissues, and may be present as Assessment of the periwound area and the wound itself can provide important information about the patches or islands effects and causes of abnormal exudate levels and/or composition. … Biomaterials 29: 2932–40 vulnerable-skin-2.html European Oncology Nursing Society (2015) Recommendations for the care of patients with Leaper D, Schultz G, Carville K et al (2012) Extending the TIME concept: what have we malignant fungating wounds. …
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