ok. I am lost. I just started in a LTC facility. maybe I am just not "up to date". but this place does not used alcohol to clean off any tops of bottles before they stick their needels in like for TB injections, or insulin. are you supposed to anymore? or to even clean off the skin before you inject? they told me they do not do it for the TB test because it "interferes" with the TB stuff...i can understand that...but are we not introducing "stuff" into the skin when we inject the medications on unclean skin? by not cleaning it? I am very scared not to do this? and State is comeing monday. I am the new unit manger. I want to almost ask them what we need to do. I know I already to to "correct" the wound team. that team of LPN's drives me crazy. I am in school to become a WOC nurse and that is one reason they hired me, this "team" of nurses uses one pair of gloves from start to finish for wound care.
please tell me. am I just lost? did I do everything wrong while I was in home care the last 4.5 years? maybe i have and haven't kept up on infectious disease stuff.
