Objective:

Reinforce and demonstrate the importance of identifying, knowing and attending to all the factors related to biofilms, which we find in practically all chronic wounds.

Methodology:

It is a case of a Intensive Care Unit patient with invasive mechanical ventilation. During weaning, he presents exacerbated delirium that requires mechanical restraint, which produced a category III friction lesion, evolving in a very aggressive way towards the repeated presentation of biofilm.

Results:

After an ineffective first approach, we established a cure in a humid environment and proceeded to apply all the most current care indicated in the management of wounds with the presence of biofilm. We got complete closure in four weeks.

Conclusions:

It is necessary to understand what a biofilm means for a wound and for a patient. If this is not achieved, we can never address it categorically and effectively.

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