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Wound care

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Bulk Billing available to eligible patients Open 6 days Telehealth available

Bulk Billing available to eligible patients

Open 6 days

Telehealth available

Good wound care starts with understanding how skin heals. The Health Hub Hobsons Bay clinical team will assess your wound, treat any infection, find out what’s slowing healing, and plan the dressings you need.

What is wound care?

Wound care is the assessment, cleaning, dressing and follow-up of wounds so they heal safely and quickly. Practice changes often, so we update our approach to follow current best practice.

Wounds we see

Surgical wounds and wounds after skin procedures
Cuts, grazes and injuries
Chronic wounds such as vascular leg ulcers
Wounds in people with diabetes
Wounds after burns or human or animal bites (these carry a higher infection risk)
Wounds slowed by infection, poor mobility or chronic illness

Signs of infection

See us promptly if a wound has spreading redness, increasing pain, swelling, pus or you develop a temperature. Seek medical attention the same day for wounds near the eye, for any wound if you have diabetes, and for wounds that haven’t started healing after a week. For severe bleeding or deep wounds go to an emergency department or call 000.

What happens at your visit

A clinician assesses the wound and looks for causes if they aren’t known.
Your care plan is tailored to you, including how often dressings should be changed. Surgical and chronic wounds, such as vascular leg ulcers, generally need dressings changed less often than other wounds.
We stock a range of specialised dressings on site.