A comparison of sub-bandage pressures produced with two multi-layer bandaging systems.
Fourteen nurses with experience in the use of high-compression bandaging were asked to bandage the same limb with two different bandaging systems: the 'Charing Cross' four-layer regimen (System A), and a modified system incorporating two new bandages (System B). A sub-bandage pressure monitor was used to quantify the efficacy of the resulting bandaging for the two systems. The results indicated that there was no significant difference between site sub-bandage pressures achieved using the two bandaging systems. Sub-bandage pressure profiles, however, fluctuated with patient posture, the best profiles being obtained with System B and the patient in the sitting position.
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Salford Community Healthcare Trust, Willows Centre for Health, UK.
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D001458:Bandages / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011187:Posture; D011312:Pressure; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing