Techniques for acute wound closure
Tanya Reynolds Nurse consultant, Accident and emergency care, accident and emergency department, Homerton Hospital
Elaine Cole Lecturer/practitioner, Accident and emergency/trauma, St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, City University/Barts and The London NHS Trust, London
This article provides an overview of the assessment and management of the common types of acute wound that frequently present to accident and emergency departments, minor injury units and walk-in centres, and which require closure.
Nursing Standard.
20, 21, 55-64.
doi: 10.7748/ns2006.02.20.21.55.c4057
Correspondence
tanya.reynolds@homerton.nhs.uk
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