My workmate is desperate to know if a Sharpie/Magic Marker bleeds through a Tegaderm/Opsite and leaves marks on the skin.
Immediate respones are, of course, appreciated but anything is better than the response from the "Sharpie Lady" who kept my workmate on hold for 10 minutes then said, "I don't think so."
I need some cold hard facts from the trenches and if you end up with a smiley face on your arm from experimenting chalk it up to EBP.
Thank you all in advance. I will appreciate any and all respones, I mean it!
I would think the issue wouldn't be bleed through (99 44/100% sure it won't) but infection control. You would have to dispose of the sharpie afterward. Like, right then and there after. You don't want ID on your case.
Not if you date the Tegaderm before you apply it to the patient.
Do it outside the room while you're at the Treatment cart.
While we're on the subject, can we talk about why IV3000 also has "1-hand" on their packaging? Is that meant to intend that you can put it on with one hand? Because if so, good lord, how on earth is that possible? There's like seventeen pieces of backing paper to take off first.
Well I managed to put all of them on my arm, so once I got the backing off with both hands, I was able to get the frame/front off with 1-Hand on all of them. Except the hypafix- which had no front component at all.
Totally not a scientific study but I use sharpies to date/initial all sorts of dressings. Also date fentanyl patches with a sharpie. I've never had one bleed through.
Blondy, obviously, you are our Nursing Research Hero Award winner. "Best use of Hospital Supplies for Personal Gain".
What started all this, is a memo my Hospital issued for us to not use the little piece of paper that comes with the IV start kits and Central line dressing kits because they fall off and stick to the floor better than to the dressing. The alternative was to use a Sharpie to label the dressing. "Someone" said the Sharpie would bleed through to which I thought, "So what" but my workmate in her usual OCD way went for a more definitive answer and called the Sharpie Lady and the Tegaderm People. Not getting a satisfactory answer, she noted I was surfing the net at work and suggested I make myself useful, so, I put the question out there/here.
Waterproof, sterile barrier—impervious to liquids, bacteria and viruses*Tegaderm™ dressing acts as a barrier to protect the I.V. site or wound from external contaminants suchas bacteria, viruses,* blood and body fluids.
I'll have you know none of the supplies featured in my post was taken from the hospital. That was all crap my insulin pump supplier has sent me over the years to help me better tolerate my infusion and CGMS sites.
I'll have you know none of the supplies featured in my post was taken from the hospital. That was all crap my insulin pump supplier has sent me over the years to help me better tolerate my infusion and CGMS sites.
Uh, oh.
I am so sorry, you will now have to relinquish the Award and all the rights and privileges pertainant to it. For your frugal and cost savings measures you get squat just like at a real hospital.
Again, the Committee is very sorry, and thank you for participating.
I would think the issue wouldn't be bleed through (99 44/100% sure it won't) but infection control. You would have to dispose of the sharpie afterward. Like, right then and there after. You don't want ID on your case.
Actually, really fun fact! There was a study that compared sharpies and sterile surgical makers. Both were colonized with 4 types of bacteria after use, however, the sharpie after being capped for 24 hour was no longer found to be contaminated whereas the surgical marker WAS.
I am so sorry, you will now have to relinquish the Award and all the rights and privileges pertainant to it. For your frugal and cost savings measures you get squat just like at a real hospital.
Again, the Committee is very sorry, and thank you for participating.
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Jensmom7, BSN, RN
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Not if you date the Tegaderm before you apply it to the patient.
Do it outside the room while you're at the Treatment cart.