OASIS Alert
Test Your OASIS Savvy ...
Published on Thu Feb 12, 2009
Question: The patient has a large venous stasis ulcer that includes two dark areas in the middle. Do you count this as one wound or two?
Do you know the answer? Quiz your clinicians and wound care experts before you turn to page 25 for the answer.
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