Using the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice to Guide Development of a Skin Tear Management Protocol

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This paper describes the process a wound care team used to develop a protocol to standardise the care of skin tears in an orthopaedic specialty hospital. The aims of the project were to: 1) find a classification tool to implement standardisation and 2) develop and implement a treatment algorithm and guidelines according to current evidence. A protocol and algorithm were developed to deal with skin tears in a standardised format. Knowledge increased 36% after an educational intervention targeting skin tear aetiology and implementation of the newly developed protocol.

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