Baby wipes?

TinyNurse, RN · Mar 24, 2004

I had my son at home, but i feel that clean paper towels and something clean is adequate and soft. xo jejn

Mimi2RN, ASN, RN · Mar 25, 2004

We have boxes of wipes with each baby admit kit, dry wipes, that used to be J&J, but are now a cheaper brand. We wet them for diaper changes.

For refills, we use non-sterile 4X4's. We have the big packages as floor stock, and keep a stack of wipes at each baby's bedside. They are much softer than the boxed wipes, can also be used as Kleenex for crying moms.

It took a while to get these 4X4's on the unit routinely, we would call down for a package or two a day. Now most people like them better than the little boxed wipes. They are also much cheaper!

BTW, non-sterile, not un-sterile........that's what distribution called them! :chuckle

NurseDad · Mar 25, 2004

We have to use wet wash cloths on our peds unit. The hospital is worried about lawsuits from allergic reactions to the baby wipes. I don't understand that... we have allergic reactions to silk tape on IVs... reactions from Pampers... reactions to antibiotics... but we still use them. Hospital politics makes no sense.

palesarah · Mar 25, 2004

we also use wet wash cloths, for economic reasons- it turned out to be cheaper to launder all that linen than to provide disposable wipes. I'm all for it, better for the environment and I find they clean better (at least on those sticky meconium bums!)

dawngloves, BSN, RN · Mar 25, 2004

We use the Handi Wipe-ish things too. Just wet them down with water.

cnsqdb · Mar 27, 2004

Thanks for the ideas about wet wipes, we use a dry wipe from a box that we have to wet with water. Most wet wipes are very mild, I just wish there was a small size that would be handy for little babies.