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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: tyefly on January 20, 2010, 09:41:17 PM

Title: Buttonhole care
Post by: tyefly on January 20, 2010, 09:41:17 PM

  I cant find alot of info on buttonhole care.....  I have been dialysis late into the evening and just go to bed with my bandage...... but now that I am training on Nxstage and doing this every day.... I would like to know what others do with their buttonholes........How long do you leave on the bandage.... do you put anything on it... like anit bac or any other ointment......  small bandages ......  or do you leave it to air dry..... 

 

Title: Re: Buttonhole care
Post by: YLGuy on January 20, 2010, 10:18:45 PM

I keep the bandages on for 1 hour after treatment.  I then take them off do not put anything else on them.

Title: Re: Buttonhole care
Post by: del on January 21, 2010, 06:37:02 AM

Quote from: YLGuy on January 20, 2010, 10:18:45 PM

I keep the bandages on for 1 hour after treatment.  I then take them off do not put anything else on them.

Hubby does the same thing.  Once they scab they are fine.

Title: Re: Buttonhole care
Post by: monrein on January 21, 2010, 09:22:51 AM

Same here.  Just be careful not to disturb the scab as you remove the bandaid.

Title: Re: Buttonhole care
Post by: coorsbob on January 21, 2010, 06:16:37 PM

Im in training at Wellbound in Modesto CA. They are instucting us to add a dab of antibiotic ouitment to the botton holes just before tape up. I also keep the tape on about 2 to 4 hours as writin

Coorsbob

Title: Re: Buttonhole care
Post by: petey on January 23, 2010, 05:13:19 AM

No tape, no bandage, no ointment, not even a Band-Aid for Marvin's buttonholes.  After I pull the needles, he holds the sites for a few minutes with folded gauze (maybe 5-10 mins., depending on how long it takes to stop bleeding).  Then, he leaves them "naked."  Of course, the first 30 minutes or so after a treatment, he's watching them closely to make sure no break-through bleeding occurs.  But, it never has.  That's it for us.