[Schmoo1022]

Is changing an S/P tube dressing a sterile procedure?
One book I have says yes, but everyone tells me no.

Thanks

[Hopeslayer]

I would say that it is a "clean" procedure.

[CapeCodMermaid]

Not a sterile procedure...use aseptic technique but no need to use sterile drapes, gloves,etc. Hardly anything is a sterile procedure these days.

[txspadequeen921]

This is the difference in real world and textbook....It's a clean procedure.