Personal Hygiene

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Specializes in Case Manager/Administrator.

So I was conducting a personal hygiene class to our female inmates and found out they use menstrual pads as tampons. Has anyone ever taught about this? I should not be surprised by what people do, I just need to meet them where they are and teach infection prevention.

Any feed back would be appreciated.

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Specializes in Hospice / Ambulatory Clinic.

Are tampons not available?

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Specializes in ICU.

Ew...yes, I think that they should have tampons available...otherwise, I don't really have anything helpful, sorry!

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Specializes in Case Manager/Administrator.
So I was conducting a personal hygiene class to our female inmates and found out they use menstrual pads as tampons. Has anyone ever taught about this? I should not be surprised by what people do, I just need to meet them where they are and teach infection prevention.

Any feed back would be appreciated.

Tampons are not available, I doubt they will be for quite some time.

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