Wound Care

Wet to Dry Dressing Change

Changing Your Dressing

Follow these steps to put a new dressing on:

Put on a new pair of non-sterile gloves.

Pour saline into a clean bowl. Place gauze pads and any packing tape you will use in the bowl.

Squeeze the saline from the gauze pads or packing tape until it is no longer dripping.

Place the gauze pads or packing tape in your wound. Carefully fill in the wound and any spaces under the skin.

Cover the wet gauze or packing tape with a large dry dressing pad. Use tape or rolled gauze to hold this dressing in place.

Put all used supplies in the plastic bag. Close it securely, then put it in a second plastic bag, and close that bag securely. Put it in the trash.

Wash your hands again when you are finished.

Dressing Change