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!
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.
Mere NS student here...but every nurse I've worked with touts the wonders of alcohol swabs...one of them being the magic removal of...wait for it...permanent.marker...you might want to share this amazing new information with her...LOL...This may alleviate her concern about the bleeding effects...
Farawyn
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Mavrick and blondy2061h, this was brilliant. Kudos!