RNAO BPG Pressure Ulcers Stage I to IV - Faculty of Health ...
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Nursing Best Practice GuidelineAppendix O: Wound Cultures:Swabbing TechniquesText and illustrations by Nancy A. Bauer. Published with permission.Figure 1 – The most accurateinformation about the health<strong>of</strong> a wound bed will comefrom a punch biopsy <strong>of</strong> thewound.Figure 2 – Taking a swabfrom the drainage will yieldinformation about theexudate which is most likelycontaminated. It will tell younothing about the woundtissue. The lab report maycome back inconclusive andthe wound culture may need<strong>to</strong> be repeated.99
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