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My mantra lately: "Wash your HANDS, go back to CLASS and cover your COUGH!"

I normally don't laugh at my own jokes, I was laughing at that, all alone in my office. Pretty creepy.

It is!!! :woot:

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3 days, 3 grueling surgical interventions (splinter removal), 3 successes!

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Specializes in Telemetry.
3 days, 3 grueling surgical interventions (splinter removal), 3 successes!

Were any of them the dreaded Splinter of Invisibility? ;)

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Specializes in IMC, school nursing.
3 days, 3 grueling surgical interventions (splinter removal), 3 successes!

I hate splinters! I hate them on my own kids, let alone someone else's.

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I hate splinters! I hate them on my own kids, let alone someone else's.

I like them. :bag:

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Specializes in School Nursing, Public Health Nurse.
3 days, 3 grueling surgical interventions (splinter removal), 3 successes!

Ooooh! I am the Splinter Queen! I've only had 1 this year I could not get. The student walked on it for 2 days and it was too deep in for me to dig for it. SplinterOut is my best friend!

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Ooooh! I am the Splinter Queen! I've only had 1 this year I could not get. The student walked on it for 2 days and it was too deep in for me to dig for it. SplinterOut is my best friend!

Tweezers are mine.

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Specializes in School Nursing, Public Health Nurse.
Tweezers are mine.

I have a "Splinter Kit" which includes various tweezers, nail clippers, SplinterOut, and a gigantic magnifier with light. I should start making YouTube videos.

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Specializes in Telemetry.
Ooooh! I am the Splinter Queen! I've only had 1 this year I could not get. The student walked on it for 2 days and it was too deep in for me to dig for it. SplinterOut is my best friend!

Tweezers are mine.

I have a "Splinter Kit" which includes various tweezers, nail clippers, SplinterOut, and a gigantic magnifier with light. I should start making YouTube videos.

I've wondered if using something like rubber cement poured over the area, let set and peeled off would work with some of the smaller or more stubborn splinters.

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Specializes in Pediatrics/Developmental Pediatrics/Research/psych.
I like them. :bag:

I love taking out splinters. It makes me fee like a hero! I don't know why. When I was a camp nurse, I did all of the splinters even though there were five nurses. I use an 18/24 gauge needle. Works better than a tweeter.

When I was a school nurse, our janitor got a 3 inch bamboo splinter stuck in his finger. I pulled that bad boy out. He also had to get a tetorifice shot.

Even better than splinter removal was the 4 inch fish bone that I removed from a camp fishing instructor's palate. That was awesome!

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
I've wondered if using something like rubber cement poured over the area, let set and peeled off would work with some of the smaller or more stubborn splinters.

Non toxic white Elmers glue works and is not as tough on the skin as rubber cement. Remember peeling it off my hands as a kid. Tape/duct tape or any strong tape just pull in the correct direction.

If short & superficial soaking in warm soapy water for a few will float it out

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Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

Did you all know that plastic pop bottles, hurled with enough strength, can cause a head laceration with ensuing blood loss enough to cover shirt, pants, sink and floor? :yes:

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