Answer:
Wound dressings should provide the most optimum conditions for wound healing, while protecting the wound from infection with microorganisms and further trauma. It is important that the dressings be removed atraumatically, to avoid further damage to the wound surface during dressing changes. Wound- and skin-related factors, such as cause, severity, environment, condition of the periwound skin, wound size and depth, anatomic location, volume of exudate, and the risk for or presence of infection.
