farleyj

Thanks...yes, we are familiar with LMX-4, but are trying to stock non-pharma type of pain relief items. I recently emailed Bionix to ask when they thought they might be resuming manufacture of Shot Blocker again, but to date, no reply from them....

Unfortunately, Insulincase.com is also out of stock, now...does anyone have other sources for Shot Blockers?

Just to reiterate, for airborne precautions, gown and gloves are not required unless a care situation exists that standard precautions are needed (eg, contact with anything "wet" per an earlier reply). So--if you were just going to enter the room of a pa tient on airborne precautions to take a history, meet with the family, etc, the only PPE needed is an N-95 mask. Of course it doesn't "hurt" the patient to put on a gown and gloves, but it is using supplies that are not needed and also sets up a literal barrier between the nurse and patient that doesn't need to be there. Also, droplet nuclei transmitted by airborne route can not be transmitted from fomites (uniforms, patient gown, linen etc) to another person.

Hi David: Thanks for posting this, but some clarifications are needed. Per the CDC the three types of transmission you described are grouped under the heading of STANDARD and TRANSMISSION BASED PRECAUTIONS, i.e, Contact Precautions Droplet Airborne A gown and gloves are not necessary when working with a patient who is on airborne precautions, UNLESS they are also on contact precautions for another reason (MRSA, etc). Organisms spread by airborne transmission die as soon as they hit surfaces such as clothing, linen, intact skin, furniture, etc. Airborne organisms are only spread by direct transmission from the patient's respiratory tract to another person's respiratory tract. Thanks for the chance to clarify....

Let's stick with the science on this....the CDC recommends against fake nails. Infection control studies have unequivocably shown that they carry a higher risk of infection transmission.