Uniform stained/Any solutions??

suzannasue · Apr 4, 2002

Try OXYCLEAN... I make it into a paste when the stains suchas you described.

massEDgirl · Apr 4, 2002

Yea...OXYCLEAN took charcoal out of my white pants!

KKERRN · Apr 5, 2002

Thanks fir the sugggestion! I'll give it a try and let you know how it worked!

Karen/KKERRN

babynurselsa, RN · Apr 20, 2002

You must learn to stand just behind their shoulder when administering charcoal......lol

CEN35 · Apr 20, 2002

no clue :confused: always figured the best way to avoid stains, is avoid the projectile puke/bedpan on the floor/gi bleeder going all over/ and always point the ng/og/e-wall away from yourself! :chuckle isn't that what they make all that protective garb for anyways

me :)

Fgr8Out · Apr 21, 2002

Oxyclean, Zout... I've been successful with both.

Peace:)

KKERRN · Apr 23, 2002

Oxy clean worked well !! I was standing at the shoulder of the patient...our rooms are too small to get above their shoulder without movining the gurney. I have only had one pt to give charcoal since this thread started and I moved that gurney plus wore a cover gown!! Another RN noticed and laughed, then her next weekend she didn't "work defensively" as I now call it and she was vomitted on. As I was laughing I had to remind her when and why she laughed at me. Now, she "works defensively" also!!

Thanks for the tips everyone!!

Karen/KKERRN

CEN35 · Apr 25, 2002

i have the answer!!!!!!!! just recently, for certain reasons i realized i had like 40 pairs of scrubbs!! :eek: so i just threw out like 30 pairs!!!!

me :)

KKERRN · Apr 26, 2002

CEN35,

LOL!!! I'm glad you had so many sets of scrubs! We must buy our own and for about the past year we could wear anything within reason that was "professional". After spending about $300 on new scrubs we now have a limited selection to choose from and that was a brand new lab jacket that is in the permitted selcetion!! Now my selection is limited and I have about 20 sets that can't be worn at work. Haven't you ever got a stain on any of your scrubs before? Come on and tell the story.

While wearing protective garb for a GI bleed this sweet elderly lady with her projectile emesis still managed to get some in my hair!!! I even jumped backwards as I saw it coming, but at least it wasn't in my face!! It was just GROSS!!

I've only been in ER about 2 years now and I know I've got alot to learn. BTW, do you buy your own srubs? Just curious.

teeituptom, BSN, RN · May 6, 2002

Howdy yall

from deep in the heart of texas

In my younger days, I was always getting bled on, puked on, charcoaled on etc. My wife always manages to get the stains out. As I got older, things like beeing puked on, bled on and, charcoaled on I usually managed to divert on to somebody who didnt know when to duck. Now that Im older and wiser and smarter. I never get bled on, or puked on, or charcoaled on. I just smile when it happens to all the younger nurses, who dont know the signs of what to expect to happen.. If you expect it, anticipate it, and prepare for it, it always gets someone else who isnt as prepared as you. Its just part of the learning curve in the ER. And now my wife doesnt have to work as hard to keep my scrubbies clean and pretty.

keep it in the short grass yall

teeituptom

KKERRN · May 6, 2002

teeituptom,

The learning curve in ER...I've only been there about 2 years now and I've come a long way. I still feel like a new ER RN.I have learned to expect, anticipate and prepare for so many things in there! It is a whole new world of nursing that I have grown to love and hate. Can't imagine going back to floor nursing ever again. How long have you worked in the ER??

Karen/KKERRN