1. Thoroughly irrigate the wound before collecting the culture.
2. Use a sterile swab and wipe the crusted area around the outside of the wound.
3. Gently roll a sterile swab from the center of the wound outward to collect the
drainage.
4. Use a sterile swab to collect drainage, starting on the outer edge working toward the center.
Answer 3.
ReplyDeleteRolling the swab from the center outward is the correct procedure to culture a wound. The other procedures can contaminate the wound and/or produce inaccurate results.