MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Plans to prevent skin tears that employ skin sleeves, padded side rails, gentle skin cleansers, moisturizing lotions, as well as staff education, can decrease by half the number of skin tears incurred in a long-term care facility.

Detailed explanation-2: -A laceration is a cut that tears the skin and may also involve damage to the underlying tissues. Unlike an abrasion, none of the skin is missing. Blunt trauma is the usual cause of laceration wounds.

Detailed explanation-3: -These tears may occur due to shearing and friction forces or a blunt trauma, causing the epidermis to separate from the dermis (partial thickness wound) or both the epidermis and the dermis to separate from the underlying structures (full thickness wound)1, 2. Skin tears are perceived by some to be minor injuries.