title: A systematic approach with lasting benefits: designing and implementing a wound assessment chart.
abstract: Applying a systematic approach to wound assessment is known to have long-term advantages. This study describes how two infection control nurses designed and implemented a wound assessment chart, which was intended to produce permanent changes in practice.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Banfield
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shuttleworth
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*