Wet-to-dry dressings

Well I'm working in the step down ICU floor. Recently, my patient had colon resection and the physician ordered the wet-to-dry dressing to cover the suture. The wet-to-dry dressing seems to be a common practice in my unit.

True, but is it the standard of care? I just read an article that indicated evidence based practice indicates not the standard but that surgeons still use this treatment and are reluctant to change, especially because the request is coming from nurses! My question is we have a license to protect, how can we knowingly provide something that is not the standard of care simply because it is ordered?

The main reason many no longer use wet to dry is because many times it removes newly formed granulation tissue