Changing the burn dressing

Wash the burned area twice daily, once in the morning and once in the evening. After washing, apply a clean dressing as described below.

1. Wash your hands and work space with soap and water.
2. Assemble all supplies and place them within reach on your work space.
3. Carefully remove the old dressing allowing any loose skin and drainage to pull away from the burn, it may be loosened with warm water. Quickly take off the old dressing.
4. Wash your hands with soap and water.
5. Spread antibiotic ointment on Adaptic gauze  over the burn site as shown by the nurses and doctors before leaving the hospital.
6. Clean the burn area with soap using circular motions starting from the centre and moving outward. Remove all loose skin and ointment. Rinse completely.
7. Apply prepared dressing to the burn area and wrap it securely with a gauze wrap. Apply tape.

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