Surgical Skin Prep

RE: Surgical Skin Prep

murphy-x — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:22:40 GMT

Thank you all :)

RE: Surgical Skin Prep

Rob Watkins — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 10:54:11 GMT

Thank you Mark.... although if you put the two of us together....

We look more like this...

If you want an example of skin prep protocols take a look at the files in my profile page... you should find a template standard operating procedure for skin prep in there.

Alternatively if you look in the gallery you will see a video of this in practice.

Or we do free visits to practices that want to gain some guidance on skin prep (UK only I'm afraid!!!).

Or you could book a place to go to TP congress next year and listen to a brief presentation on current evidence for patient preparation amongst other things.

RE: Surgical Skin Prep

Mark Hedberg — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 09:39:04 GMT

Rob Watkins - it's the Skip Prep Signal!!! :)

(Rob runs Invicta Animal Health and has lots of excellent evidence-based research on skin prep!)

RE: Surgical Skin Prep

Lyndsay Kennedy — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:42:07 GMT

Hello, if you scan down the list of forum threads within the same section as this one, there's another thread titled "Surgical skin preparation". Or, possibly, if I can do this correctly, click here: http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/f/34/t/28826.aspx and that should link you to that thread.

Our practice currently uses Hibiscrub as the standard skin prep solution, though we also have povidone-iodine solution (as opposed to scrub) which we use for eye or eye-adjacent surgeries. We don't currently have a set system of how we prepare though, we all trained in different practices and at different times so I think we all do things slightly differently in terms of clipping.

We apply spirit after the scrub just before we go into theatre.