ORDER Questions Flashcards
SUTURE REMOVAL = remove interrupted surures from a client surgical wound = ORDER
1- Moisten dried crust with sterile 0.9/ sodium chloride solution 2- Clean suture line with antimicrobial solution 3- Gently grasp the knot with forceps and raise it slightly 4- place the curved tip of surure scissors directly under the knot. 5- gentky cut the suture. 6- Pull suture out with forceps 7- Make certain all sutire material is removed. 8- Put suture on clean gauze. 9- Apply sterile wound strips. 10- document date, time, and number of surures removed