PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER

East Avenue, Quezon City

Name:_____________________________________________________ Unit:____________
Immediate Supervisor:______________________________________ Date:___________

Sternotomy Wound Care

Legend: CD – Correctly Done ; ID – Incorrectly Done

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CRITICAL CARE COMPETENCIES
CD ID CD ID CD ID
PREPARATORY PHASE:
1. Checks the prescribed management of wound
2. Explains the procedure to the patient and significant
others
3. Requests all necessary materials
4. Provides privacy and proper lightning
5. Places trash can within easy reach
6. Performs hand hygiene properly
7. Assembles necessary materials at the bedside
PERFORMANCE PHASE
8. Positions patient comfortably, with area of the wound
exposed
9. Loosens tape by holding skin and peeling back the
edges slowly.
10. Dons non-sterile gloves
11. Grasps a corner of the edge of the dressing and rolls it
back and removes it from top to bottom
12. Folds dressing inwards on itself and disposes in the
trash can
13. Assesses wound characteristics and for presence of
drainage
14. Performs hand hygiene properly
15. Opens dressing kit
16. Dons a sterile gloves
17. Applies antiseptic solution using a swabstick or sterile
cotton balls on the wound from top to bottom

18. Discards cotton balls or swabsticks after each

application
19. Secures sterile gauze on the wound as prescribed

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FOLLOW UP PHASE
20. Evaluates patient's response to the procedure
21. Discards all waste according to waste according to
waste management protocol
22. Performs hand hygiene properly
23. Documents clinical findings in appropriate forms

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