An appropriate technique for the nurse to use when culturing wound drainage that is suspected to have anaerobic bacteria is to:

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

An Appropriate Technique for the Nurse to Use When Culturing