...4-9 Obtaining a Wound Drainage Specimen Student...
...dressings that covered the wound. a. Applied...
...that covered the wound. a. Applied clean...
...any drainage on the dressing. c. Determined...
...dressing. c. Determined the amount, color, consistency,...
...and odor of the drainage. d. Discarded...
...drainage. d. Discarded the dressing in a...
...carefully so that the dressing did not...
...did not touch the outside of the...
...the outside of the bag. e. Removed...
...sterile technique.8. Assessed the wound. a. Applied...
...technique.8. Assessed the wound. a. Applied sterile...
...gloves. b. Assess the appearance of the...
...the appearance of the tissues in and...
...in and around the wound and the...
...and around the wound and the drainage....
...the wound and the drainage. 9. Cleansed...
...drainage. 9. Cleansed the wound.a. Used gauze...
...9. Cleansed the wound.a. Used gauze swabs...
...irrigation and cleaned the wound with normal...
...and cleaned the wound with normal saline...
...gauze pad to the wound after cleansing...
...pad to the wound after cleansing to...
...tube and placed the cap upside down...
...surface so that the inside did not...
...become contaminated. Held the tube in one...
...and took out the swab in the...
...the swab in the other. c. Rotated...
...other. c. Rotated the swab back and...
...granulation tissue from the sides or base...
...or base of the wound.d. Did not...
...base of the wound.d. Did not collect...
...e. Avoided touching the swab to intact...
...intact skin at the wound edges. f....
...skin at the wound edges. f. Returned...
...edges. f. Returned the swab to the...
...the swab to the culture tub, taking...
...not to touch the top or outside...
...or outside of the tube. g. Crushed...
...tube. g. Crushed the inner ampule containing...
...inner ampule containing the medium for organism...
...organism growth at the bottom of the...
...the bottom of the tube. h. Twisted...
...tube. h. Twisted the cap to secure....
...repeated. 11. Dressed the wound. a. Applied...
...11. Dressed the wound. a. Applied any...
...ordered medication to the wound. b. Covered...
...medication to the wound. b. Covered the...
...wound. b. Covered the wound with a...
...b. Covered the wound with a sterile...
...sterile moist transparent wound dressing. c. Removed...
...12. Arranged for the specimen to be...
...be transported to the laboratory immediately. ___...
...Communicated appropriately with the client. ___ Documented...