Nurses General Nursing
Published Feb 14, 2018
Guest716906
43 Posts
Hello,
I am just wondering. When you have a patient who has a pressure ulcer on the coccyx and a wet to dry dressing order, do you use sterile technique? I was taught in nursing school that sterile technique was always required for wet to dry dressing. However when I have a patient constantly pooping and soiling their dressing, it feels like a huge waste of time and resources , and I should have just used clean technique. Any thoughts?
Wuzzie
5,131 Posts
Don't mean to side track but does your facility routinely use these on pressure ulcers?
AnnieOaklyRN, BSN, RN, EMT-P
2,577 Posts
Reading this makes me so happy I am an IV nurse, as boring as it can be....
Annie
Buckeye.nurse
295 Posts
Check your facility's policy/procedure. With that being said, both major hospital systems that I've worked for use clean technique for routine dressing changes.
psu_213, BSN, RN
3,878 Posts
Ditto. Even if you use sterile gloves and pick up the dressing material in a sterile fashion; sterility is going to be lost pretty quickly when your hands meet the area near that wound.
CoffeeRTC, BSN, RN
3,734 Posts
I don't think I've done a wet to dry in about 10 years or more! (Maybe for the occasional temp dressing when
wound vac is on hold)
But to answer your question...no.