Re: Handboards

[IVPrimecare]

A handboard is a type of treatment restraint, not behavioral.  Since this is the case, consents should not be warranted. Handboards are not all that common since it would be used mostly for the bend of the wrists where they shouldn't be anyway. Of course I've seen them used for finger placed IV sites which are also a no-no.  I'm skeptical whenever I see one present. It should make you wonder why it's there.   Connie Burns, RN Director of Infusion Services Primecare Pharmacy 818-756-0888, ext. 129 fax: 818-780-1155