Think of your site as a small lclock face with the site the center. Lay the first 'holed' patch on and have one side of your tape peeled and ready. We bend our hose over to one side or another to lay the second patch one. Alternate this direction on the clock face with every dressing change. Like noon, 3, 6, 9. This way any 'side' pressure inparted to the exit site is alternating and less likely to cause an elongation. Now just before taping, make a smal circle of hose the size of the gauze pad or a hair larger/smaller, Hold this hose circle on top of the second patch as you carefully apply the tape. The tape now has contact with a massive amount of hose so any tug, pull, snag is well contained by the larger tape and no disruption of the actual site.
.........in the shower daily, but if I don't I will use the solution they gave me.
Imported Manuka honey in a jar looks to be anywhere from $30-40 and nearly $20 for just a small tube of it! Holy crap!!
Quote from: Fabkiwi06 on March 08, 2016, 07:37:14 PM.........in the shower daily, but if I don't I will use the solution they gave me.I have to ask, are you covering or wraping the cath so to not get the fittings wet?Training drilled it into me that water 'could' soak into the threads holding the fittings together and foster bacterial growth. Nurse taught me to wrap the major length of the cath with Handi-Wrap, I prefer 'Press -n-Seal', to keep those fittings dry.I also used to wipe the cath 'clean' with alcohol pads until I recently learned here at IHD that alcohol wipes are NOT sterile unless the package spicifies sterile. Now I use Betedine wipes to sterilize then alcohol to clean up the stain.Nurse gave me some other type of wipes, same size as the alcohol wipes but these work great to remove the tape residue from the cath hose. Alcohol wipes will work, just take a lot more time and effort.