A nurse is planning to irrigate and dress a clean, granulating wound for a client who hasa pressure injury. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

a. Answer: Use a 30 mL syringe
b. Why?: Use a 30 to 60 mL syringe with an 18 or 19 gauge catheter to deliver theideal pressure of 8 pounds per square inch when irrigating a wound. To maintainhealthy granulation tissue, the wound irrigation should be delivered between 4and 15 psi.
c. Do not apple wet to dry dressings to clean, granulating wounds as they interruptviable healing tissues when removed. Used hydrocolloid dressing and atransparent film dressing.
d. Use solutions specifically designed as wound cleansers or 0.9% sodium chlorideto irrigate the wound.