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Problem: Maintaining moisture, promoting autolytic debridement, and minimizing pain are all crucial elements in healing wounds in infant and pediatric populations. The case examples presented will demonstrate the efficacy of a manuka honey infused hydrocolloid dressing in managing acute wounds. Manuka honey is non-toxic for all ages, making it an ideal choice in a pediatric setting.
Past Management: Wet-to-dry dressings were still ordered by surgeons for wound dehiscence. Failure to appreciate that advanced wound care products can best meat all goals relating to healing wounds with a pediatric population lead to delays in healing and unhappy parents and patients.
Current Method: A variety of wounds (4 case studies) including a surgical dehiscence, a burn, a pressure injury, and adhesive stripping will be presented. Dressing changes were typically every 3 days.
Results: In all cases, a manuka honey infused hydrocolloid dressing was used to achieve wound healing with minimal pain and interventions able to be maintained by nursing with WOC Nurse oversight.
Conclusions: A hydrocolloid infused with manuka honey was a safe, cost effective, and easily applied product to promote a wide-range of wound healing in infant/pediatric case studies presented. Utilizing a product w/ease and consistency of application with dressing changes by bedside nursing helped to maintain efficacy between WOC Nurse follow up visits.
Past Management: Wet-to-dry dressings were still ordered by surgeons for wound dehiscence. Failure to appreciate that advanced wound care products can best meat all goals relating to healing wounds with a pediatric population lead to delays in healing and unhappy parents and patients.
Current Method: A variety of wounds (4 case studies) including a surgical dehiscence, a burn, a pressure injury, and adhesive stripping will be presented. Dressing changes were typically every 3 days.
Results: In all cases, a manuka honey infused hydrocolloid dressing was used to achieve wound healing with minimal pain and interventions able to be maintained by nursing with WOC Nurse oversight.
Conclusions: A hydrocolloid infused with manuka honey was a safe, cost effective, and easily applied product to promote a wide-range of wound healing in infant/pediatric case studies presented. Utilizing a product w/ease and consistency of application with dressing changes by bedside nursing helped to maintain efficacy between WOC Nurse follow up visits.