Packaging of dressings and medical items

Authors: Rednenko V.V., Rednenko L.I., Poplavets E.V., Makarova O.S.

Editor: Rednenko V.V.

Equipment for the practical skill:

• a wide table covered with plastic or oilcloth (this table is not used for other purposes);
• gauze pads;
• cotton wool balls;
• kraft paper (paper),
• indicators
• scissors;
• gloves.

Clinical situation:

• You are a nurse at a hospital department. Package of dressing for sterelization

Order of the skill performance:

Packaging of dressings in kraft paper

• Perform a hygienic hand wash. (see practical skill "Hygienic hand washing")

Indicate the contents of the package, the date of sterilization and sign the nurse.

Packing of dressings in woven materials (muslin, gauze, etc.)

• Perform a hygienic hand wash. (see practical skill "Hygienic hand washing")