Any nurses out there? Wound care advice

[greenbananas29]

I had two 4mm punch biopsies done on Friday and they covered the incision site with a waterproof dressing and told me to leave it on for 7 days until the stitches come out this coming Friday.
It's quite bloody underneath the dressing from the initial procedure and maybe I have laid on the stitch site in bed and it's bled a bit underneath.
Is it ok to leave this same bloody dressing on? It seems odd to keep a wound moist and air tight with a wet bloody dressing and not let the air get to it?
It feels fine and not sore. No redness.
Pic attached, sorry tmi 😬🤦🏻‍♀️

I wouldn't expect two punch biopsy wounds to look like that. Did they provide a you with another dressing? I'd be tempted to take that off and have a look underneath. Is there any odour or heat or anything like that?

No dressing to change it with just advises to keep on until Friday.
No odour that I can tell or heat and it doesn't feel sore.

I’m only a student nurse but I’ve just done a placement with lots of wound care. I would want that dressing to be kept clean. Could you speak to your practice nurse or 111 just for advice?

The dressing needs changing, it was really poor of them not to provide you with a spare when the procedure was on Friday.
can you call your surgery in the morning and ask for an appointment with a
nurse or HCA, or at the least a spare dressing from their cupboard. Failing assistance from your surgery then you need to contact the place you had the biopsy and ask them to see you.

I’m not a nurse but I do have a long term wound (been dressing it since January) and know a fair amount about keeping it clean and safe.

If you are near me then I have all the dressings and am happy to share.

Agree with this. A dressing in that condition will not do until Friday. That said, it's not an A&E job and can wait until the morning, particularly if there are no other obvious issues with it.

Agree with all of the above. I’d personally take that off asap.
Do you have anything at home you could cover it with tonight?

Thank you all for your advice, I peeled the dressing off and I'm going to cover it with a new one I have in the cupboard for tonight.
I'm assuming it won't matter what type of dressing I cover it with tonight?
Does it look ok?

Damon I don't have any dressings just a sterile gauze, can I use that and micro ore tape around the edges? How about a plaster over the top?

@greenbananas29 that will be fine.

That looks fine as a wound and gauze with tape over will do for tonight.

Gauze and micropore tape will be fine i think. I have a deep open wound from surgery in March, and change the dressing myself in between nurse appointments this way. Nurses also often just put gauze and tape on mine.