Foot care training

You may just want to have enough complete sets of instruments and burs for the amount of people you will be seeing, and have all instruments sterilized and wrapped individually. If you have funds, this is the simplest way to go... so that you are not spending half your time dealing with cleaning instruments!!

Regarding FNANA... It never really got off the ground. Two nurses from Arizona took over the binder, but did not have time or resources to manage it. I now have the original binder and have been in the same circumstance. I will be meeting with 6 CFCN's at the Baton Rogue LEAP course next month and we will be discussing the organization of some sort of foot care nursing interest group. It will be up to them, as I am pretty swamped with a nonprofit organization that I started... THE PREVENTIVE DIABETIC FOOT CARE ALLIANCE. Maybe someday we will get organized!!!

i work for a small foot care company in massachusetts and we use Benz All to "clean" instruments between patients. we do routine foot care, no diabetics. private pay. RN's only.
Benz-All
Benz-All is an efficient germicidal concentrate of benzalkonium chloride with an added anti-rust ingredient. Shown to be effective in the chemical disinfection of instruments and equipment. Once diluted, benz-all is almost odorless, does not have a tendency to stain, and has minimal color change with a change in the pH. Cleaned instruments should be immersed in benz-All for at least 15 minutes for effective disinfection, rinsed with sterile water and dried before use. 10mL bottle mixed with tap, distilled or bottled water makes 1 quart of solution. 40mL bottle makes 1 gallon

Just wanted to make a comment about the cold sterilization method. If you purchase the product Accel SC20, which is sold in a gallon, all you have to do is pour out enough liquid to cover your instruments and this amount can be used over and over for the next 14 days.
No need to use a whole gallon. Other liquid sterilants require that an activator be added to the gallon, which then requires that you use that entire gallon.

I would like to question you about your message.
Disinfection is not the same as sterilization.
All instruments must be sterilized for each client, anything else would be poor nursing practice and also place the client at high risk for infection.

To Footcare Nurse, you said "Just wanted to make a comment about the cold sterilization method. If you purchase the product Accel SC20, which is sold in a gallon, all you have to do is pour out enough liquid to cover your instruments and this amount can be used over and over for the next 14 days.
No need to use a whole gallon."
Could you please tell me where this product is available? I cannot find it anywhere on the internet and the RN who owns the business would like more information. Are you in Canada, or US? We have also used a product called Ecotru. Thanks for any assist you can give in finding the cold sterilization product you mentioned.

LoisJean- What happened to you and the other "old-timers" on this forum... tutti?

I am getting ready to start doing foot care as an RN after 16 years in the beauty business. I am curious what nurses charge per patient for routine nail trimming, etc. I am going to be working under a podiatrist and I am having a hard time finding out what people charge!

So what instruments do you like to use besides a curette and nail trimmers? I'm having trouble getting info from folks about this! Do you use a Dremel for calluses or just files?

As for the amount to bill to clients, depends on where you live. Here in Canada, on the west coast, I charge $50.00 for approx. 40 minutes. This is for an in house call.