Ok, so I had a pt who is s/p I&D of the finger. He is continually taking of his bandages and squeezing pus out of the wound. When I told him not to squeeze it, he said the doctor told him to do it. Not believing him, I called the doctor to clarify this. The doctor of course got pi**ed and said that YES, he told him to handle the wound and YES, he told him to "milk" the wound.
Gross gross gross! Besides the fact that the pt is obsessively playing with his nasty finger, this is a huge infection control issue! I gave him a big lecture on handwashing.
YUCK.