Sterile Procedures
LESSON 4: Procedures Used in Wound Care
Exercises: Lesson 4
EXERCISES, LESSON 4
INSTRUCTIONS: The following multiple-choice exercises are to be answered by writing the letter of the response that best answers the question or best completes the incomplete statement on a separate sheet of paper. After you have completed all of the lesson exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" following the lesson exercises and check your answers.
1. A sterile dressing is used to:
a. Protect the wound from bacteria in the environment.
b. Protect the environment from bacteria in the wound.
c. Both a and b.
2. Which one of the following is a dressing with a plastic-like coating on one side?
a. Abdominal pad.
b. Gauze sponge.
c. Petrolatum gauze.
d. Telfa pad.
3. You wish to use a tape to secure a dressing, which allows the skin beneath the tape to "breathe" (have air exchange). You can use:
a. Adhesive tape.
b. Hypoallergenic tape.
c. Plastic tape.
d. Either hypoallergenic tape or plastic tape.
4. A wound can be irrigated in order to:
a. Remove foreign matter.
b. Remove bacteria.
c. Instill medication.
d. Choices a and b above.
e. Choices a, b, and c above.
5. When preparing a wound for an operative treatment, you should cleanse the area around the wound with a povidone-iodine solution:
a. Before you shave the area around the wound.
b. After you shave the area around the wound.
c. Both before and after you shave the area around the wound.
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