Management of skin care complications in pediatric bone marrow transplant patients: a nursing challenge.

Linda Z. Abramovitz, RN, MSN, is Bone Narrow Transplant Clinical Specialist and Assistant Professor at the University of California at San Francisco. Bev Baache, RN, is Clinical Nurse III in the Pediatric BMT/ICU at the University of California at San Francisco. There is a high incidence of skin breakdown and impaired wound healing in the immunocompromised patient, especially in those who have received chemotherapy and/or total body irradiation for bone