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Wound Bed Preparation
• Clean, viable wound bed
• Non-infected wound
• Control of contamination
• Minimal exudate
– Surgically debride
– Pre-treat with systemic
and/or topical antimicrobials
– Optimize wound bed and
decrease bacterial load
• MMP Balance
• Culture?
Falanga V.
Wound bed preparation: future approaches.
Ostomy Wound Manage. 2003 May;49(5A Suppl):30-3.