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Sep 7, '12 by JZ_RNAnd frankly if it's about saving money on linens.
I don't pay for linens. I don't care about linens. I use whatever towels, blankets, and washcloths I need to at home.
When I get a bonus for avoiding "excessive" linen usage, we'll talk, but I'm not gonna let patient care suffer by using gross little wipes instead of a towel so the hospital can save a few bucks. H to the no. -
Sep 7, '12 by NurseCardWeird. In my facility we can't get WIPES, so we have to use washcloths, soap
and water EVERY time someone has an incontinence episode. I don't like it.
For an actual BATH though? Washcloths, towels, soap and water! No one
likes to have a bath while they're in the hospital?? Does your facility have a
mother/baby floor? I'm sure those new moms REALLY want to take a nice
bath with a bunch of wet wipes!!!!Last edit by NurseCard on Sep 7, '12 : Reason: incorrect grammar - Guide
Sep 7, '12 by Spidey's momQuote from NurseCardSame here - the wipes are too expensive to use for baths. I do like them for peri-care (hate using a washcloth for this) but a shower or bed bath is heaven for the patient.Weird. In my facility we can't get WIPES, so we have to use washcloths, soap
and water EVERY time someone has an incontinence episode. I don't like it.
For an actual BATH though? Washcloths, towels, soap and water! No one
likes to have a bath while they're in the hospital?? Does your facility have a
mother/baby floor? I'm sure those new moms REALLY want to take a nice
bath with a bunch of wet wipes!!!!
Isn't it funny how different it is in other hospitals? Linen - too expensive so use wipes. Wipes - too expensive so use washclothes.VivaLasViejas likes this. -
Sep 7, '12 by DoGoodThenGoQuote from Spidey's momCould be wrong but one assumes much of this rot started when hospitals/facilities shut down their in- house laundries and started sending everything out, if not renting linen all together.Same here - the wipes are too expensive to use for baths. I do like them for peri-care (hate using a washcloth for this) but a shower or bed bath is heaven for the patient.
Isn't it funny how different it is in other hospitals? Linen - too expensive so use wipes. Wipes - too expensive so use washclothes.
If the hospital uses a linen service they are at the mercy of whatever rates are charged. One way to lessen those charges is to lower the amount of soiled linen that goes out.
As for wipes being so expensive, cannot understand that logic. You can find often cases of the stuff being sold on eBay and elsewhere for very low prices. I just got a case of underpads for about $20 plus shipping. - GuideSep 7, '12 by Spidey's momQuote from DoGoodThenGoWe do have a laundry facility - but we used to send out our laundry. I'll have to check on that as I'm not working in the actual hospital anymore. I'm hospice.Could be wrong but one assumes much of this rot started when hospitals/facilities shut down their in- house laundries and started sending everything out, if not renting linen all together.
If the hospital uses a linen service they are at the mercy of whatever rates are charged. One way to lessen those charges is to lower the amount of soiled linen that goes out.
As for wipes being so expensive, cannot understand that logic. You can find often cases of the stuff being sold on eBay and elsewhere for very low prices. I just got a case of underpads for about $20 plus shipping.
As for eBay, I think there might be rules against a hospital buying things on eBay. We get a lot of things donated by hospice families - briefs, wipes, and just recently got two boxes of insulin pump supplies. BUT, we cannot use any of it for patients. So, we give it to our local food pantry or folks in the community we hear about who need things. I've also sent some of this to mission groups. -
Sep 7, '12 by gummi bearI've seen them, but I've never used them. It doesn't look like enough wipes come in one package anyway.bigsick_littlesick likes this. - Sep 7, '12 by DoGoodThenGoQuote from Spidey's momCan understand a facility not being able to use goods purchased off eBay, but then again if things can be almost *given* away there why is it so hard for places to get a better price?We do have a laundry facility - but we used to send out our laundry. I'll have to check on that as I'm not working in the actual hospital anymore. I'm hospice.
As for eBay, I think there might be rules against a hospital buying things on eBay. We get a lot of things donated by hospice families - briefs, wipes, and just recently got two boxes of insulin pump supplies. BUT, we cannot use any of it for patients. So, we give it to our local food pantry or folks in the community we hear about that need things. I've also sent some of this to mission groups.
Ok, do understand often things are the one off but have seen plenty of "surplus" sellers that have cases upon cases of supplies. It call can't be come upon by methods used in "The Sopranos", that is "fell off a truck". *LOL*
Do know this country looses not a small amount on supplies paid for by Medicare/Medicaid for say home care that families sell on either after the patient has passed, gone into a facility and or just simply surplus to requirements. - Sep 7, '12 by BrandonLPNAt my facility, we are told the wipes are too expensive and just using washcloths is cheaper. We send our laundry (both the linens and the residents' clothes) to the state prisons and have the inmates wash them for practically free.
And the whole "infection control" rationale for outlawing washcloth bed baths is absurd. I use soap, water and washcloths every day and have somehow lived to tell about it. The line has to be drawn somewhere with infection control. At some point the gain isn't worth it. Whats next, strerile bed baths? We can only use sterile gloves and washcloths fresh out of the autoclave? Sometimes infection control policies drift away from reality.... - Sep 7, '12 by FLmedQuote from JZ_RNI love what you wrote here!!!!! :-)And frankly if it's about saving money on linens.
I don't pay for linens. I don't care about linens. I use whatever towels, blankets, and washcloths I need to at home.
When I get a bonus for avoiding "excessive" linen usage, we'll talk, but I'm not gonna let patient care suffer by using gross little wipes instead of a towel so the hospital can save a few bucks. H to the no. - Sep 7, '12 by blondy2061hI put the wipes into the basin with soap and water. Our wash clothes are sandpaper rough. The wipes are much softer.bigsick_littlesick and vintagemother like this.
