Ten top tips: wound photo documentation

Nancy Estocado
22 September 2019

Wound images provide a visual reference that is not matched by memory or the written word (Swann, 2010). Wound photography communicates a universal language that can easily translate across the continuum of care and to the stakeholders involved (patient, family/carers, healthcare professionals and the agencies funding treatment). Wound images can provide a timeline for plotting the status of the wound over a period of time.

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