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The Smith & Nephew trademarked dressings comes in two forms: a traditional bandage and a spray-on dressing. Either should be changed if you can see liquid through the transparent coating. (Unlike some other dressings that are meant to stay on until healing is complete, OpSite is simply a breathable polyurethane bandage.) (see related link)
Every 72 hours
If you lose a nail, it needs to be cleaned, disinfected and wrapped in a clean dressing. Change the dressing and disinfect daily. After a week or so, it should have started to heal over. If not, seek medical attention.
If you mean change from your street clothes into you ballet clothes, then yes. Many dance studios offer a dressing room. If there is no dressing room, try the bathroom. Unless your studio restricts it, then you should be fine.
If you like a moist dressing cover pan with lid or foil, for dryer dressing do not cover.
A wound should have a clean dry dressing unless specified by a doctor to have a damp dressing. The damp dressing may encourage bacterial growth and increase risk of infection.
yes but first you must clean the wound to prevent infection and if the wound is deep you should use some saline solution with a dressing and place it in the wound and then place another dressing over it you should change these 2-3 times a day it will remove puss and help clean the wound by the second or third day changing them will not be as much of a pain full bother after 2 weeks you should only have to change it 1-2 times a day if you have some shards of equipment in the wound you should consult the nearest hospital.
before , after removal of the soiled dressing , and after the procedure
you should start dressing yourself by the time you start school (4/5) because in sports, you will need to be able to get changed.
Not if it was applied in the field as an emergency dressing. You may disrupt the clotting or expose it to contaminants.
before , after removal of the soiled dressing , and after the procedure
dry sterile dressing