Sterile and Aseptic Dressings

Question 1

Methods for changing a simple dressing:

Answer 1

1. Perform hand hygiene.
2. Assist the patient into a comfortable position.
3. Don gloves.
4. Remove old dressing, observe wound, note the amount, color, odor of drainage.
5. Dispose dressing ina biohazard bag.
6. Remove gloves, hand hygiene.
7. Establish aseptic working area, open package of sterile gauze and saturate it with sterile water.
8. Cleanse wound observe its size, depth, color, and odor.
9. Apply new dressing.
10. Dispose cleansing gauze and other used materials.
11. Remove gloves, hand hygiene.

Question 2

Nurses and providers apply/remove sterile dressings but you can assist.

Answer 2

You aren’t solely responsible for applying, removing, or replacing dressings.

Question 3

Dressings protect and cover __ and __ sites.

Answer 3

Wounds

Incision

Question 4

Ask nurse about giving patient an analgesic 30 min prior to dressing change when….

Answer 4

You anticipate significant pain.

Question 5

If dressing adheres to skin, moisten it with ___ or ____normal saline solution.

Answer 5

Sterile water

Sterile