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Wound Care & Dressings

Wound care, dressings and stitch removal by our practice nurses, with a GP-led care plan, including chronic wounds such as leg ulcers.

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Wound Care & Dressings

Wound Care at Emerald Medical Centre

Our practice nurses, working with your GP, provide wound care and dressings in our treatment room, from cuts, grazes and minor burns to post-operative wounds, skin procedure sites and slow-healing (chronic) wounds such as leg ulcers. We can also remove stitches.

Keeping a wound clean and properly dressed helps it heal and lowers the risk of infection. Your first appointment is with a GP, who will assess the wound and set a care plan. Follow-up dressing changes are then booked with our nurses, and your GP will keep reviewing your progress. Please call (03) 5968 4622 to book nurse appointments.

For deep, heavily bleeding or serious wounds, go to your nearest emergency department or call 000.

Source: Healthdirect – Wounds, cuts and grazes

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Wound Care: Your Questions Answered

Cuts, grazes, minor burns, wounds after surgery or skin procedures, and slow-healing (chronic) wounds such as leg ulcers.
Yes. Your first appointment is with a GP, who will assess the wound and set a care plan. After that, follow-up dressings are done by our nurses, and your GP will review your progress along the way. Please call us to book nurse appointments.
Yes. Our team can remove stitches. Call us to book an appointment.
It depends on the wound. Our nurses will advise you and help you book your follow-up dressing appointments.
Increasing redness, swelling, heat or pain around the wound, pus, a fever, or a wound that isn’t healing after about five days. Contact us or see a doctor promptly if you notice any of these.
Wound care is a treatment-room service, privately billed (including for concession card holders), with a fee to cover dressings and consumables. See our Payment Information page for current fees.

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