Summary While implementing a “no more wet-to-dry” program will increase physician and HHA staff awareness, increase patient satisfaction, and improve wound care outcomes, it is not viable to attribute 100% of the positive outcomes directly to not using wet-to-dry dressings. A host of other fac
Particularly in the HHA setting, wet to dry dressings can prove to be a costly venture. In one retrospective study, Cowan and Stechmiller (2009) reviewed 202 wound-specific charts and found that 42% (58) of all home health wound care orders were wet-todry dressings and that 78% of those were inappropriate because mechanical debridement was not clinically indicated.