Wound care in patients with scalp laceration wound sutured Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
Conditions
Interventions
The subjects will be recruited by convenient sampling. A group of ED nurses will be invited as research assistants for this trial. After suturing procedure, the on-duty study nurse will screen those p
Sponsors
University of Hong Kong
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients over the age of 18 years 2. Activities of daily living (ADL)-independent 3. Scalp laceration not more than 5 cm, without tissue loss, requiring suturing 4. Mentally competent to give consent 5. Discharged from the ED and agree to return for the removal of sutures during the study period
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who are under the age of 18 years 2. Not ADL-independent; mentally incompetent 3. Immunocompromised 4. Dirty wound (soiled by seawater or dirty water, with foreign body presented or infective) 5. Laceration longer than 5 cm 6. A wound that cannot be fully closed by stitches or with tissue loss 7. A wound that requires two-layer suturing or extended to the skull bone 8. Prescribed with antibiotics 9. Required hospitalization 10. Do not agree to return to the ED for follow-up and removal of sutures.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Surgical site infection rate according to US CDC guidelines on the date of removal of stitches (Day 6-8) and Day 30 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Pain level measured using a numeric score (0-10) on Day 1, Day 3, Day 5, overall until the date of removal of stitches and Day 30 2. Satisfaction rate measured using a numeric score (1-5) at the date of removal of stitches (Days 6-8) and Day 30 | — |
Countries
Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed