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How do you handle situations where patients have maggots or other parasites in their wounds, and what is the best way to remove them?


October 16th, 2024

Squeeze bottle of saline water, clean good with peroxide, notify doc and charge nurse. If there is a charge nurse, notify them as well.
Pack would with wound packing and wrap a protection bandage around it.

October 16th, 2024

Consult wound care nurse

August 2nd, 2024

Hydrogen peroxide and suction