BATHGUARD!!! Wonderful product for showering and bathing. Not recommended for swimming, but if it were my PICC....?? I have personally used the Bathguard over a cast and it was wonderful. (not swimming) Even purposefully submerged it in a hot tub and it never leaked. We sell them to our patients as they request them.
No, I'm not getting commission....just feel it is a great product!! ann Ann Williams RN CRNI Infusion Specialist Deaconess Home Services 600 Mary St. Evansville, IN 47747 812-450-3828 812-450-4665 FAX -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ann Marie J. Frey Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: site protection from water Question for list: Do you allow patients with PICCs and tunneled central catheters to swim/shower, etc? If so, how do you waterproof the site? Supposedly the transparent dressing [Tegaderm or Sorba View in our case] is waterproof, but water still can seep in where the catheter exits the dressing. I work with neonates to adult sized patients, so the size and age range is quite broad. I have seen some commercial waterproofing devices, but have not used any of these. Any recommendations for showering/swimming and waterproofing both chest and arm central lines? Our current policy is to allow kids to swim in pools [depending on their counts] with tunneled, cuffed lines, but not PICCs. They can shower or bathe with either as long as the PICC is not submerged. Thanks in advance, Anne Marie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the originator of the message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies and with authority, states them to be the views of Deaconess Health System.
