- Explain procedure to patient and establish rapport.
- Put on face mask, prepare and take trolley to bedside and provide privacy.
- Ask assistant to: i. Put patient into desired position ii. Protect bed clothes and expose wound
- Ask assistant to: i. Pour out lotions ii. Remove plaster or bandage
- Remove soiled dressing using dissecting forceps or disposable gloves and discard.
- Wash and dry hands and wear sterile gloves or use sterile forceps.
- Clean wound with sterile swabs soaked in a normal saline using sterile forceps or sterile gloves starting from the wound outward.
- Clean wound with series of swabs until clean.
- Apply sufficient sterile dressings and secure into position.
- Make patient comfortable in bed, inform patient about the state of the wound and thank him/her.
- Remove gloves, wash and dry hands, discard trolley, decontaminate instruments, remove screen.
- Wash, dry hands, document and report state of the wound.
