I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: sullidog on April 15, 2010, 05:47:57 PM
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My nurses and techs at my center doesn't like to put gause underneath the tegaderm on my catheter because they say it is a growth for bacteria, however this just came up and the last time I had a catheter they didn't say anything about it. When I was in the hospital a week getting my graft put in, I asked their dialysis nurse when I was dialyzing there and she said make sure they always put gause over the exit sight underneath your dressing. My question is does it matter or should there always be gause underneath the tegaderm over the exit sight?
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It is so frustrating when one place does it one way, and the other place does it the other way and they bot INSIST they are right and theirs is the only way.
My next question would be how often do they change your dressing?
I would want the gauze.
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My dressing is changed at every visit and they always use gauze. I will have to ask my nurse about not using gauze.
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I make mine change it every day now.
This One other nurse claimed that they can detect infections better because of the clear tegaderm and if it's blocked by gause they can't see the infection.
Troy
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Hello,
oh wow, Yes I would use the gauze on the exit site but change it more often, we all have internal instints that tell us if something is wrong, ask your nursing staff to train you on procedures and precauctions, I believe this would also help in the healing process..again this is only my two cents
wolfken
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At my site, they used a very large Band-aid bandage under the Tegaderm. I never had a problem with that except it itched a lot.