The nurse is in the process of irrigating the wound for a patient who has a large pressure ulcer on his buttock.How should the nurse proceed?
A)Use irrigation pressures of less than 4 psi.
B)Cleanse in a direction from most contaminated to least contaminated.
C)Irrigate so that the solution flows from least contaminated to most contaminated.
D)Irrigate with clean irrigation solution only.

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When one is irrigating,all the solution flows from the least contaminated to the most contaminated area.The pressure needed to irrigate wounds is between 4 and 15 psi.Irrigating solutions are sterile.

The Nurse Is in the Process of Irrigating the Wound