Care of skeletal pins: a literature review
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Care of skeletal pins: a literature review

Pauline Ward Staff Nurse, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull

Using the literature reviewed in this article, the author explores the issues surrounding wound care management in relation to care of skelet al pin sites. In this way, an evidence-based protocol for care is developed.

Nursing Standard. 12, 39, 34-38. doi: 10.7748/ns1998.06.12.39.34.c2514

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