Debridement means to:
a. clean the wound.
b. dry the wound.
c. dress the wound.
d. remove necrotic tissue or fibrous slough from thewound.
d
Wound debridement is intended to remove necrotic
tissue or fibrous slough from a wound to clean and prepare
the wound bed for healing.
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