Instructions for use: Ikus - Berlin Heart

• 4 sterile-packaged gauze compresses (each approx. 10x20 cm)
• 4 Metalline ® drain compresses (approx. 6x7 cm) or corresponding product
Removing the old dressing material
Instructions
1. Unpack all materials required for wound care and lay them out on a sterile drape.
2. Put on disposable gloves and remove old dressing material.
3. Remove disposable gloves and put on sterile disposable gloves.
4. Examine the incision wound sites of the cannulas and take corrective action if necessary
in the event of changes.
5. Clean the skin with disinfectant in the area of the cannula incision wound sites.
6. Clean the incision wound sites. To do so, fold sterile compresses soaked in disinfectant
lengthwise and move them back and forth directly on the incision wound site.
7. Clean the cannulas on the upper side and underside.
Creating the new dressing
Instructions
1. Place a Metalline ® drain compress around each cannula (from right to left, with the slit
facing upward).
2. Fix Metalline ® drain compresses with sterile plaster above the cannula. Fix the outer
compresses first, then the inner compresses.
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3. Slide a gauze compress folded lengthwise underneath the two left cannulas. The open
side of the folded compress then faces in the direction of the incision wound site.
Position the cannulas by pulling moderately on the compress.
4. Fold the left end of the compress diagonally upward to the right and fix it with sterile
plaster.
5. Fold the right end of the compress diagonally upward to the left and fix it with sterile
plaster.
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