PACs are premature beats from the sinus node

A patient is being treated in an outpatient wound center for an infected plantar diabetic foot ulcer. Treatment includes debridement as needed, silver sulfadiazine, dry dressings, and offloading with a post-op shoe. On the second day of treatment, the patient reports a rash and severe pruritus around the wound and along the dorsum of the foot. The most likely cause of the patient's symptoms is

a(n): A. maceration due to improperly managed exudate. B. rapidly progressing wound infection. C. untreated Charcot foot. D. cutaneous drug reaction to silver sulfadiazine.

The first step in performing manual capillary puncture is to ________.

A. assemble the equipment B. explain the procedure to the patient C. wipe the site of the puncture with alcohol D. perform hand hygiene