An appropriate technique for the nurse to use when culturing wound drainage that is suspected to contain anaerobic bacteria is to:
A)use older secretions for the specimen.
B)add exudate from the skin to the wound specimen.
C)aspirate 5 to 10 mL of exudate from a deep cavity wound.
D)swab carefully and slowly in a back-and-forth motion across the wound.

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Take a swab from a special anaerobic culture tube,swab deeply into the draining body cavity,and rotate gently.Remove the swab and return it to the culture tube,or insert the tip of a syringe into the tube,and aspirate 5 to 10 mL of exudate.Cleanse the area around the wound edges with an antiseptic swab.This removes old exudate and skin flora,preventing possible contamination of the specimen.Never collect exudate from the skin unless it is a separate culture and is labeled as such.

An Appropriate Technique for the Nurse to Use When Culturing