How to Redress Wound

1. Patient preparation.
2. Preparation of aids and documentation.
3. Organization of the redressing room.
4. Washing and disinfection of hands.
5. Two kidney bowls are prepared near the place for redressing.
6. The nurse puts on gloves.
7. Removing the protective layer on the bandage.
8. The bandage is cut with bandage scissors on the side or in opposite direction of the
wound.
9. The protective dressing is removed, away from the view of the patient and placed
into the kidney bowl.
10. The top protective layer is removed and put into a kidney bowl using a sterile
instrument (tweezers or sterile gloves).
11. The wound and the healing process are assessed.
12. The contaminated glove on the dominant hand is replaced with a sterile glove.
13. The wound area is cleaned using a sterile gloves and sterile swab and antiseptic
solution, in all directions away from the wound, (the contaminated swab is replaced
with a new sterile swab if necessary), until the wound area is thoroughly cleaned.
14. Surgical scissors and tweezers are used to remove the stitches.
15. Prescribed medication can also be directly applied on the wound or the wound area.
16. A sterile dressing is applied, depending on the stage of wound healing, using a sterile
gloves.
17. Gloves are removed.
18. The dressing is fixed using hypoallergenic tape or with transparent foil.
19. Washing and disinfection of hands.

(Adapted from: Nursing Procedure and Intervention)

Questions:
1. What is the text about?
2. How many steps are there?
3. Before redressing wound what should the nurse prepare?
4. What kind of tools that used to remove the stitches?
5. How does the nurse remove the tape?
6. The word assessed in text can be replaced with ….
7. The word removed in text can be replaced with ….
8. What should the nurse do after assessing the wound ?
9. How long does the dressing overlap with the wound?\
10. When does the nurse wash hands?