Step-by-Step Surgical Bandage Change Instructions

If you did not shower to clean your incision, it is important to clean your hands again. This way any infectious material that was cleansed from your incision will not be reintroduced into your wound.

This is especially important if there are signs of infection in your wound. Failing to clean your hands at this point may reintroduce infectious material to your clean wound.

• How and When To Change a Surgical Bandage
• Know Proper Hand Washing Technique
• Remove the Surgical Bandage
• Change the Surgical Bandage
• Clean the Incision
• Check the Incision
• Wash Hands Again
• Put on a New Bandage
• Dispose of Old Bandage Properly
• Wash Hands Again