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Assessment and Management of Venous Leg Ulcers<br />

Current Ulcer(s)<br />

(Locate ulcer site by an X and number each leg ulcer on the diagram below)<br />

RIGHT<br />

Medial Anterior Lateral<br />

LEFT<br />

Medial Anterior Lateral<br />

94<br />

Zone<br />

3<br />

2<br />

1<br />

Zone<br />

3<br />

2<br />

1<br />

Right<br />

Medial<br />

Lateral<br />

Posterior<br />

Anterior<br />

Plantar<br />

Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Left<br />

Medial<br />

Lateral<br />

Posterior<br />

Anterior<br />

Plantar<br />

Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3<br />

Leg Ulcer Assessment<br />

Client: __________________<br />

Ulcer # Ulcer # Ulcer # Ulcer #<br />

Date of Onset: Year/Month/Day<br />

Please indicate when each ulcer first started. This may be<br />

an estimate if client is uncertain.<br />

Ulcer margins<br />

1. Well defined, punched out<br />

2. Diffuse irregular<br />

3. Cliff – like edges<br />

4. Rolled edges<br />

Odour<br />

0. None<br />

1. Slight<br />

2. Offensive<br />

© Loeb Health Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Unit<br />

Reprinted with permission.<br />

Ottawa-Carleton Community Care Access Centre Leg Ulcer Care Protocol Task Force (2000). Ottawa-Carleton<br />

Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) venous leg ulcer care protocol: Development, methods and clinical<br />

recommendations. Ottawa, Ontario: Ottawa-Carleton CCAC Leg Ulcer Protocol Task Force.

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