If dressing or medicating more than one area, you will have to observe careful technique. You don't want to re-infect other open wound areas. You should go from cleanest to dirtiest. Wash your hands. You will go through alot of antimicrobial hand soap, Eucerin or Aveeno for sore & dry hands, and alcohol gel for santizing at the beginning, in between procedures and at the end.
Use a cotton tip swab to put medication, usually Bactroban, on any non-infected cuts or abbrasions. Never re-apply the swab to the tube. Get a clean one for each swipe. Put the Bactroban on every pimple, bug bite, cut, scratch, hang nail. Any place the skin is open. Wash your hands. You will go through alot of antimicrobial hand soap, Eucerin for sore & dry hands, and alcohol gel for santizing at the beginning, in between procedures and at the end. Oh yeah, and did I mention to wash your hands? Become cognizant of what you touch. Doing laundry? Wash your hands. Kid just sneezed 2 feet away? Wash your hands. Been touching shopping carts or handling money? Wash your hands.
If you are active and bandaging a specific wound, clean your hands before and after each individual wound. Prepare a clean area and a dirty area on either side of you. You will want to lay bandages on a papertowel or something like it to establish a place to put dirty bandages on. Make sure they are disposed of properly. After you are done, clean the area with a bleach solution, Pine-sol, Lysol or another product that kills Staph A. Most will require the product be left on the surface 5 to 10 minutes. Remember you can't disinfect through dirt and grime. You may have to clean before disinfecting. They are two separate functions.
Mepilex
Stockingette
Coban (but only over mepilex to protect skin)
Non-stick pads
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