5. Operating wound care is performed with 70%
alcohol solution from the center to the periphery
6. To remove the skin sutures you need: surgical
forceps, scissors
7. Gripping the suture knot with tweezers, gently pulling it up slightly takes out the
subcutaneous part of the thread (in a patient it is usually white, unlike the dark-
colored cutaneous part) and, bringing the sharp jaw of scissors under the thread,
dissect it at the skin surface. The suture is easily removed.
9. An aseptic bandage is applied to the postoperative
scar with fixation on the skin with adhesive plaster
10. Recorded in the patient's outpatient record a
conclusion about the healing of the wound and
removal of stitches
11. Algoritm of examation
№ Steps Points
1 Locally examined the postoperative wound area 0 5 10
2 Gave an assessment of the condition of the wound 0 5 10
3 Determine indications for the removal of stitches 0 5 10
4 Treated my hands with an antiseptic solution 0 5 10
5 Organizing the operating field 0 5 10
6 Correct choice of necessary surgical instruments 0 5 10
7 Removed skin stitches 0 5 10
8 Treated the wound with an antiseptic solution 0 5 10
9 Applied an aseptic dressing 0 5 10
10 Filling out medical records 0 5 10
Total points
Station rating
"Excellent" - 90-100 points
“Good” - 75-89 points
"Satisfactory" - 50-74 points
"Unsatisfactory" - less than
49 points
