The ideal dressing for clean wounds |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine- Inova Campus, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA;2. Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, Washington, DC;3. Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Falls Church, VA;1. School of Nursing and Midwifery and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Australia;2. Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast Health, Gold Coast, Australia;3. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland;4. Division of Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Health, Brisbane, Australia;5. Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent''s Health Australia Sydney, St Vincent''s Hospital Melbourne and Australian Catholic University, Australia;6. Skin Wounds and Trauma Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons, United Kingdom;7. Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;8. Lida Institute, Shanghai, China;9. Department of Surgery, UMC and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands;10. Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Health, Brisbane, Australia;11. IQ Healthcare, Radboud Institute of Health Sciences, Scientific Center for Quality of Healthcare, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | A dressing of petrolatum jelly spread over a wound, covered with a film of cellulose and then dry gauze pads is the ideal dressing for a clean postoperative wound because: - 1.1. It promotes oozing from the wound by virtue of its anticoagulant, antievaporant properties.
- 2.2. It seals the wound to accidental spilling of infected material and prevents contamination of the wound with infected gases.
- 3.3. It facilitates the inspection of the wound whenever infection is suspected.
- 4.4. It relieves the patient of pain and saves the surgeon's time when the dressing is changed.
- 5.5. It prevents the pulling off of growing epithelium and fresh granulations when removed.
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