You throw it out and start over, regardless the cost.
Only dressings in sealed packages labeled as being sterile are sterile (free of all microbes) until opened & contaminated by being in contact with anything that is not sterile. These are available at almost any pharmacy or drugstore. Nothing that is not labeled as sterile can be considered free of germs. Never breathe over or allow anything to touch the side of a sterile dressing which will touch the wound.
That is a discussion you would need to have with your surgeon and doctor prior to the procedure General policy is to have all jewellery removed prior to any surgical procedure regardless of the nature of the procedure This is a means of combating the chances of a secondary infection due to bacteria being introduced into a *sterile environment (*the hospital operating room).
A "sterile" dressing is free of germs prior to use.
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Prior's Field School was created in 1902.
When performing a Trial-of-Void a.k.a. a Trial Without a Catheter, a Urologist might fill the bladder with a set amount of sterile irrigant prior to removing the catheter. This will expedite the trial-of-void but may skew the results.
Prior to the lithotripsy procedure, a complete physical examination is performed, followed by tests
Patients undergoing a Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz procedure must not eat or drink for eight hours prior to the surgery.
The procedure for ensuring that all tools and equipment are available prior to undertaking an activity is:assess needsgather needed tool and equipmenttest to confirm they work
All dressings; aslong as the packaging is not comprimised, should be sterile.