How do you weigh the risk of urinary catheter or fecal management system placement with that of soiling sacral wounds?
If placed for this indication, how do you decide when to remove?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
This question is an important question that arises for many of our bed-bound and poorly mobile patients, as sacral wounds commonly develop due to pressure injury. They become very challenging to treat due to fecal and urinary contamination, which can lead to further infection. Fecal and urinary dive...