The primary goal in wound management is to create a healthy wound bed, one that has adequate blood supply to support repair, and without contamination or necrotic tissue that will impede healing and increase the risk of infection. Unless simple and small, many wounds will require frequent evaluation, generally at least once daily, based on location, extent, severity, and other factors. Many wounds will need to be managed as open wounds (although protected by bandages until smaller) before definitive surgical repair. The steps in daily wound evaluation are to assess the response to or need for antibiotics, debride dying or necrotic tissues and lavage the wound, assess for surgical closure, and protect the wound.