Wounds and Asepsis Quiz Palm Beach Community College Nursing Program

1. Describe the correct process for removing tape from a wound dressing.

Answer: Remove the tape toward the wound, and depress the skin for counter pressure as you remove the tape.

2. How many pairs of gloves are required when changing a dressing, AND when would you don them?

Answer: a minimum of 2 pairs of gloves, one pair donned prior to removal of the old dressing, and the second pair donned prior to placing the new dressing.

3. When irrigating a wound, what is the correct procedure?

Answer: Obtain Normal Saline, irrigation syringe, and irrigate from clean to dirty, or top to bottom, whichever does not allow irrigant to flow back onto the wound (cross contamination).

4. What is the purpose of a wet to dry or damp to dry dressing?

Answer: Debridement

5. What do you need for good wound healing?

Answer: Good nutrition including Vitamin C and protein, moisture and oxygen.