Barrier Cream

[sharlynn]

My DON wants to switch to Vaseline as a barrier cream for incontinence as a cost saving measure. Does anyone else have experience with this?

We were using Smith -Nephew, but switched to Medline and are not happy with their products.

Vaseline is fine with me, but how does it work if the skin is already irritated?

As usual, consulting me, the WCC is only done after the fact!

[gkrn]

My favorite through the years has been Bohan's butt paste, now sold as Flander's. It is one that is tan in color and the objective is to leave the bottom layer on when cleaning up the person and apply it fairly thick so that you can wipe off the top layer and still leave some on. It is gentle on the skin so it doesn't burn, it has color so that you know it is there, and usually worked with half a tube. Then when the redness was gone, something like vaseline could be started and it would help take off the bottom layer without a lot of rubbing. I also like the Aloe Vesta 2 in 1 perineal skin cleanser.

[ORnars]

Hi there, what do you mean by barrier creams #1,2 and 3. What are their differences?