Feces and urine for an unknown period of time

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Your wound care team is consulted to see a patient who was found down on the floor in feces and urine for an unknown period of time. The patient has type II diabetes mellitus and was admitted with sepsis. The patient has severe skin breakdown with a bright red rash with satellite lesions around the groin, upper thigh, lower abdomen and suprapubic area. You decide the best plan of treatment for this is: Question 59 options: Continue w/ IV antibiotics, implement good skin care, including use of an antifungal. Continue w/ IV antibiotics, start using petroleum jelly as a barrier cream and 0.1% triamcinolone cream. Continue w/ IV antibiotics and implement good skin cleansing, drying and use a barrier cream. Suggest keeping skin open to air and allow it to heal naturally.

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