Urine Smells even after a shower

[cwross48]

There have been several postings about urine smells but this particular aspect has not yet been found: after performing CNA duties and then leaving the facility where strong urine smells exist (for a multitude of reasons and little hope or incentive for redressing them) the smell of urine lingers... the same strong odor. After showering it can still be detected. The clothes are clean, the hair and skin are clean... the shoes are outside... but the dreadful smell lingers. It comes and goes as if, one moment it is in the clothes... a little while later is smells as if it is in the nose... when each item is smelled up close it is not there....

Whatever it is it drives this one nuts!

Any and all suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!

[jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B]

Saline nose spray. Nurse's BFF for cleaning out one's nose. Clothes--1/4 cup of white vinegar on the rinse cycle. You can also rinse your hair in vinegar, again, for the smell eliminating power. And most important--shoes--Lysol the heck out of them.

Good luck!!

[Loo17]

I would agree. Clean out your nose lol. The odor seems to linger there!