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Surgical Wounds Healing by Secondary
Intention

Include
o Open wounds
o Approximated surgical wounds with scab formation
Status
o Follow WOCN Guidance of Not healing/ early partial /
fully granulation or newly epithelialized

Excluded: After 30 days of complete re-epithelialization (closed) the wound is a scar and
NOT reported on OASIS-C-2

What is the Healing status of these
Surgical wounds?

 20 days post surgery
 >30 days post re-
epithelialization

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