Question

What tools do you use to clean, irrigate, and dress a stage 3 pressure ulcer? What specific chemicals, syringes, topicals?

Answer 1

Stage 3 pressure ulcers involve full-thickness skin loss potentially extending into the subcutaneous tissue layer.

Tools which are need to clean the wound.  

# water or mild salt water ,bitadine Solution, gause, gamgee roll, roller bandage, dressing forceps.

Tools for irrigation.

# 19-gauge syringe or catheter on a 60 cc syringe or a pressurized bag of intravenous normal saline solution (eg, 1 L bag under a 400 mmHg blood pressure cuff). The volume of irrigation solution depends upon the location of the wound, gause or cotton.

# we can use normal saline or water to clean the wound, we can use a 60cc syringe for irrigation and bitadin ointment we can use.for topicals.