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The items I am refering to wiping down are things that have never been opened and are still considered sterile in their package. I work in a NICU and we have pods so each bedside has a cart for supplies and other things. All the supplies that they could use at home, we send with them, but what would they do with 60cc syringes? Thanks for your replies so far and please keep them coming!!! You all are awesome!

Thank you for reminding us all of this. Congrats on being in nursing school, welcome to a great profession. Hope things go smoothly for you!!!!! Never give up your positive attitude.

In our unit, we have bedside carts with our frequently used supplies such as syringes, formula, suction tubing, etc.. We used to be able to wipe down items to be reused that had a hard outside with a sani-cloth. Now, we have to throw everything away that is left in the cart, anything that can not be sent home with the family is in the garbage. We can not even donate it because it "is not considered socially responsible" and any bacteria that may be on it, "they" may not have the capacity to treat it. This is frustrating many of us in the unit and I have been told that this came from JCHAO on our visit a few months ago. Does this happen at any of your facilities? It makes me sick that all these things have to be thrown out that could be easily wiped down are reused or donated! We have tried to work at not stocking as much as we used to, but some of our staff still are fully stocking because they feel they are a better nurse if they fill their carts at the end of their shift. In a world where we are trying to be more environmentally concious, this is a hard pill to swallow :angryfire Any advice or what you may do at your place? Thanks for any ideas you may have.

:bow:The babies named Lemonjello and Orangejello are not urban myths. I first heard about them from our educator when I started two years ago and from other nurses since then. One night, a group of friends and I were talking about weird baby names and I brought up these twins. Low and behold, one of the girls, who is a music teacher, has these twins in her school right now. So the urban myth can be cleared up. We also had a mom name her daughter Baby Girl because she assumed that we had already named the baby as this what was on the crib card. You never know where names will come from

Thanks for the great info. I will try and look on Medscape. Does anyone us the wipes at all? Instead of alcohol?

Does anyone know of any current research about the use of Chloraprep in babies? We are looking for information to support our using it and what age boundaries we should put on it's use. If anyone uses it in their nicu, how do you use it? Any info you have would be great.