New to Monitoring, help!

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So I am new to monitoring. After researching, I see that it's recommended to avoid a plethora of foods and products. What I really want to know is what is the actual likelihood that the use of these would curate a false positive? It is kind of insane to me to think that we as nurses can't use hand sanitizer because hand hygiene is so important. Wouldn't washing after every instance just make your hands raw, especially for years? What is your personal experience? Do you really avoid things like soy sauce? What about alcohol free mouthwash? Do you use perfume? If you don't use sanitizer, what do you use? Basically: has anything other than actually drinking, or a UTI, made you false positive? The list of products to avoid seems almost impossible. What can we use? Please respond! 

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I avoid anything with alcohol.  I hate this monitoring agreement so my goal is to finish on time and have a normal life so it's worth it to me. I use soap and water. I think alcohol free mouthwash would be fine and probably hand sanitizer . I definitely err on the extreme side of caution.  I don't use soy sauce.  Other people even drink alcohol and some get away with it.  I'd rather be super safe and finish on time. I will eat drink and be merry when this is over 

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Healer555 said:

I avoid anything with alcohol.  I hate this monitoring agreement so my goal is to finish on time and have a normal life so it's worth it to me. I use soap and water. I think alcohol free mouthwash would be fine and probably hand sanitizer . I definitely err on the extreme side of caution.  I don't use soy sauce.  Other people even drink alcohol and some get away with it.  I'd rather be super safe and finish on time. I will eat drink and be merry when this is over 

What can soy sauce give a false positive for? Gahhh I love soy sauce LOL

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You can use hand sanitizer not excessively LOL stay away from pure vanilla extract and rum cakes and extracts. Bourbon sauces.. anything else is fine. Of course no alcohol or non-alcohol beer or liquor. Watch the meds u take I only take headache meds and Claritin there should be a list on your BON website 

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Nursrcy00901 said:

What can soy sauce give a false positive for? Gahhh I love soy sauce LOL

It has alcohol.  So do some frosting some Italian restaurants use alcohol in their sauces. I'd rather be safe than sorry. I'm so hungry. 

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Healer555 said:

It has alcohol.  So do some frosting some Italian restaurants use alcohol in their sauces. I'd rather be safe than sorry. I'm so hungry. 

What else do u not eat LOL 

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Healer555 said:

It has alcohol.  So do some frosting some Italian restaurants use alcohol in their sauces. I'd rather be safe than sorry. I'm so hungry. 

I had no idea thank you!! I will avoid it. Guess I'm going keto and eating ice😂😭😂

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Nursinggirl17 said:

What else do u not eat LOL 

No poppy seeds, sourdough bread ,mo donuts no honey buns no sautéed anything.. I eat chips and cookies for the most part.  Not healthy 

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Healer555 said:

No poppy seeds, sourdough bread ,mo donuts no honey buns no sautéed anything.. I eat chips and cookies for the most part.  Not healthy 

Man ima need u to eat more things LOL for your sanity LOL I sauté all my onions and bell peppers.. I ate poppy seeds on accident good thing I was called on to test. U can eat donuts and honey buns man.. I make homemade yams all the time with vanilla extract. 

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Nursinggirl17 said:

Man ima need u to eat more things LOL for your sanity LOL I sauté all my onions and bell peppers.. I ate poppy seeds on accident good thing I was called on to test. U can eat donuts and honey buns man.. I make homemade yams all the time with vanilla extract. 

Some restaurants can use alcohol to Sautee? Honeybuns and donuts are kind of yeasty.  I also eat nothing vanilla in case it has vanilla extract.  When this is over, I can eat and drink anything. 

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Healer555 said:

Some restaurants can use alcohol to Sautee? Honeybuns and donuts are kind of yeasty.  I also eat nothing vanilla in case it has vanilla extract.  When this is over, I can eat and drink anything. 

Enjoy that honey bun and donut I have for years now issue .. I know I feel your pain 

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Nursinggirl17 said:

Enjoy that honey bun and donut I have for years now issue .. I know I feel your pain 

I'd actually really love a salad with red wine vinaigrette dressing. This is making Me hungry LOL

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