Dunedin Hospital, New Zealand.
Adv Skin Wound Care. 2011 Feb;24(2):68-70. doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000394028.64777.f7.
Despite major advances in medical technology and wound care, wound assessment and documentation still rely mainly on rudimentary measures. Many practitioners continue to estimate wound size using maximal length, width, and depth measurements with rulers and probes. Others use acetate tracings or equivalent measures to outline the wound onto a grid to estimate surface area and document wound border changes. Even fewer practitioners seem to routinely photograph wounds with an included scale for more visual records. This article presents a recently developed device that is changing clinical documentation, assessment, auditing, and interservice communication-the ARANZ Medical Silhouette (ARANZ Medical Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand).
尽管医学技术和伤口护理取得了重大进展，但伤口评估和记录仍然主要依赖于基本的措施。许多从业者仍然使用尺子和探针来测量最大长度、宽度和深度来估计伤口的大小。还有一些人使用醋酸盐描记或等效的方法将伤口轮廓描到网格上，以估计表面积并记录伤口边界的变化。似乎只有更少的从业者会定期拍摄带有包含比例的伤口照片，以便进行更直观的记录。本文介绍了一种最近开发的设备，它正在改变临床记录、评估、审计和服务间沟通的方式——ARANZ Medical Silhouette（ARANZ Medical Limited，新西兰克赖斯特彻奇）。
