The nurse determines that the patient's wound may be infected.In order to obtain a quantitative swab for wound culture,which of the following actions should the nurse take?

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To collect a quantitative swab for a wound culture,the nurse uses a sterile swab from a Culturette tube and sterile technique.The nurse never collects a wound culture sample from old or superficial drainage;resident colonies of bacteria from the skin grow in superficial drainage and may not be the true causative organisms of a wound infection.The nurse should clean the wound first with normal saline to remove skin flora,before obtaining the culture.The nurse uses different methods of specimen collection for aerobic or anaerobic organisms.

The Nurse Determines That the Patient's Wound May Be Infected