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SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. Bc. Marie Bártová Institute of Nursing Theory and Practice 1 st Medical Faculty of Charles Univerzity. DRESSINGS and BANDAGES. Purpose Types. BANDAGES. SIGNS THAT THE BANDAGE IS TOO TIGHT Blue tinge to the fingernail/toenail Blue or pale skin colour

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SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

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  1. SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Bc. Marie Bártová Institute of Nursing Theory and Practice 1st Medical Faculty of Charles Univerzity

  2. DRESSINGS and BANDAGES • Purpose • Types

  3. BANDAGES SIGNS THAT THE BANDAGE IS TOO TIGHT • Blue tinge to the fingernail/toenail • Blue or pale skin colour • Tingling or loss of sensation • Coldness of the extremity • Inability to move the fingers/toes

  4. STERILLE DRESSING APPLICATION Equipment • gloves/sterile, face mask, • transfer (dressing) forceps, forceps, • antiseptic solution, acetone, H2O2, • kidney basin • sterile dressings (cotton balls, gauze pads, trauma dressing etc.)

  5. STERILLE DRESSING APPLICATION • Communication with a patient ! ! ! • Getting things ready • Wash your hands • Comfortable position (patient/nurse) • GLOVES (sterile if necessary) • Keep sterility • Wound cleaning • Dressing application • Bandaging

  6. NOTE • always ask about patients’ allergies (iodine) • take bacterial sample BEFORE desinfection if there is any strange fluid or smell, • do not touch the sterile material by the the edge of antiseptic container

  7. STITCHES and DRAINS Types • absorbent material • non – absorbent material Stitches removal Drains - tubes used to draw fluid from an internal body cavity to the surface

  8. THANK YOU bartofka@email.cz

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