What do you all use to clean and disinfect cuffs after a case? BP cuffs are not a huge problem, but limb cuffs which are fairly close to surgical sites get all covered with prep solutions and generally become pretty grotty after a while:down:

what do you all use to clean and disinfect cuffs after a case? bp cuffs are not a huge problem, but limb cuffs which are fairly close to surgical sites get all covered with prep solutions and generally become pretty grotty after a while:down:

the facilities i have worked in used sterile, disposable pneumatic tourniquet cuffs, so disinfecting them was not an issue.

the facilities i have worked in used sterile, disposable pneumatic tourniquet cuffs, so disinfecting them was not an issue.

we typically use these and send them back to be reprocessed alond with scds. our bier's blocks cuffs (double bladdered) are re-used but fairly easy to clean (send them to spd like bp cuffs) they also are further from the site.

We have always used sterile disposable cuffs but just started to send them to be reprocessed.

We reprocess ours too, and many docs put the 1000 drapes over them and use an impervious drape to cover them up as well. Most also use webril as padding for the skin underneath so they aren't on the skin most of the time.

In Googling this topic, I came across this interesting product:

http://hemaclear.com/

It exsanguinates the limb,replacing an Esmark, and simultaneously applies a sterile stockinette. Anyone using this?

We reprocess ours too, and many docs put the 1000 drapes over them and use an impervious drape to cover them up as well. Most also use webril as padding for the skin underneath so they aren't on the skin most of the time.

Same for us. CPD cleans them. they don't get gross because they are fully covered with the 1000/1010 or 1015 drapes

Jenny

Same for us. CPD cleans them. they don't get gross because they are fully covered with the 1000/1010 or 1015 drapes

Jenny

Otho guys do that here. It's hard to get the podiatrists to use them... even the ones that do the long procedures. Those are the cases where the cuff is on (not necessarily inflated!) for 2+ hours. We have to be extra careful not to slop when prepping if using betadine. It's important that betadine isn't left to soak into the webril and lie there moist against the skin that long!

same as jenny here!