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WOUND CARE
dressing and wound as assessed by the team. A bar chart comparison of this with the reported
consistency in nursing practice regarding the use of skin assessments and wound dressing
changes during radiotherapy is depicted later on, in Figure 4.13.
Figure 4.3: Frequency of Wound Assessment
Table 4.6
Dressing Removal Prior to Radiotherapy
Response Chart Percentage Count
Yes, always because 50% 8
Sometimes, Explain under 50% 8
what conditions
Never 0% 0
Total Responses 16
Dressing removal prior to radiotherapy. Table 4.6 reveals that wound dressings are
always removed prior to radiation treatments at 50% of the centres, while they are sometimes left
in place at 50% of the centres that participated in the environmental scan survey. The rationale
