Sterile (hygienic) dressing pads come in a protective wrapping. Once out of the wrapping, they're no longer sterile. When applying one: clean and dry the wound and surrounding skin hold the bandage on either side of the pad lay the pad directly on the wound wind the short end once around the limb and the pad wind the other end around the limb to cover the whole pad tie the ends together over the pad to secure it, and put slight pressure on the wound ::: body-ad-desktop zones:: 232632,232432,227383,232640 types:: 163 disclaimer:: AD typeFilter:: native adCount:: 3 ::: ::: body-ad-mobile zones:: 232632,232432,227383,232642 types:: 5 disclaimer:: ADVERTISEMENT typeFilter:: display adCount:: 1 :::