What is considered standard wound care for diabetic wounds?
Standard wound care in patients with diabetic wounds includes: • Assessment of a patient’s vascular status and correction of any vascular problems in the affected limb if possible, • Optimization of nutritional status, • Optimization of glucose control, • Debridement by any means to remove devitalized tissue, • Maintenance of a clean, moist bed of granulation tissue with appropriate moist dressings, • Appropriate off-loading, and • Necessary treatment to resolve any infection that might be present.
