I have also used the gloves for showering with PICCs. They are used
by vets whom deliver large animals. In the vet catalogs, they are
called palpation sleeves, have a hand formed with fingers and extend
to the shoulder, although they must be secured with tape. I have also
heard them called calving gloves. They work great for showers but not
for swimming with a PICC. A friend who works for such a vet told me
that the price is very cheap. You buy them in boxes of 50 or 100 like
the exam gloves we use and the price would be less than $10 for a
box. Lynn
At 9:13 AM -0700 12/6/05, Rakay Dance wrote:
Most commonly we use a large plastic glove I think called a vet glove
then tape it at the top for PICC lines--most patients prefer this. We
have also used the 'shower sleeve' for patients that are sensitive to
tape and this works okay as well. RaKay
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I would be very interested in this information also. Penny Heyder
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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
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Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RNC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
126 Main Street, PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
http://www.hadawayassociates.com
office 770-358-7861
