Help with scab removal?

[cassandra]

I leave the sterile gauze on for 1 or 2 hours, and replace them with silver anti bac plasters. No probs sofar (touch wood)

[Simon Dog]

dublin...we actually do. Our blunt needles hav them as part of the needle shield. There is a small pic in the end cap of the needle guard. They are as Angie mentoned sometimes ineffective though.

True, but they are great for cleaning dirt out from under the fingernails.

[Hemodoc]

Our FMC clinic suppies us with STERILE 2by 2 and 4by 4s. Also we get sterile island dressing which I use to cover the buttonholes during the day after changing the original dressing. I treat the buttonholes like a surgical wound and use only aseptic technique and a mask and gloves ALWAYS.

I have to buy my own sterile 2x2's and 4x4's, thank you FMC Hayden Idaho!!

The Neosporin issue is all about the neomycin allergies seen most commonly of the three ingredients used.  If you are going to use an antibiotic on buttonholes, Bactroban has much greater efficacy than Neosporin.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2879300/

[dublin]

Hi all! I am starting my 4th week of training tomorrow. I have spent the last week making button holes and will start trying blunt needles on Tuesday or Wednesday.  I have been having trouble removing my scabs. The tweezers are too big and the pickers from the ends of the blunts don't help much, either.  I plan on trying the facial scrubbers when I start at home, but can't use them at my center. Any suggestions?  Thanks!

Hi angiepkd i use e45 cream about 1 hour before i put on the emla cream it has helped me a great deal of pain .