OASIS Alert

Test Your OASIS Savvy ...

Scenario: The patient has a surgical incision and the staples have been removed.The incision is not totally epithelialized and there are two openings along the incision line where the edges are not approximated.

Question: OASIS item M0484 asks for the current number of observable surgical wounds and includes the instruction: "If a wound is partially closed but has more than one opening, consider each opening as a separate wound." How many surgical wounds would you say this patient has?

Do you know the answer? Quiz your clinicians and wound care experts before you turn to page 38 for the answer.