VAC Teaching 1834

Charting language
Instructed patient unlike gauze bandages that merely cover a wound, V.A.C. therapy actively works to help the wound healing process. The V.A.C.therapy system helps: promote wound healing, provide a moist wound healing environment, draw wound edges together, remove fluid and infectious materials, reduce wound odor, reduce the need for daily dressing changes.

Reviewed November 2017

Reviewed for general reference only. Adapt to your patient, agency policy, and scope of practice.