Just FYI....there is a silver impregnated patch that works the same way....but no bug has been shown to develop resistance to silver so far. I think Tri-state makes it. Here is a link: http://www.tshsc.com/images/literature_pdfs/SilverSite_Literature.pdf
Susan
Atlanta GA
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From: "Maria Kostylo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Yes, we use it on our central lines.
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> Aloha, Maria
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> Does any one use this. its made by Johnson and Johnson , one of our ID docs
> was trying to see if we can buy them. It's a disc that sits around the line
> at the insertion site . Thanks so much
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> Jonathan Rolt RN
> Com of Mass, Dept of Public Health
> Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
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