Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

Re: Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:55:00 GMT

I love the smell of iodine :) .........................

...........just me then ?

Been using hibi and water soln with cotton wool for over 17 years (except eyes, mms etc) and our post op complication/infection rate is very low. Considered swapping to iodine at one point but after i researched it I found it was better to stick to what you know and the info supported that

http://www.chloraprep.co.uk/studies/study38.html

Re: Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

Vicky RVN — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:29:22 GMT

[quote user="Kimbo1985"]

[quote user="*Steph *"]

and yes I agree kimbo.. smells funny

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No I don't

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Haha lol

Re: Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

Kim Buckley — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:02:38 GMT

[quote user="*Steph *"]

and yes I agree kimbo.. smells funny

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No I don't

Re: Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

Steph Phillips — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:09:26 GMT

[quote user="Kimbo1985"]

Always used hibiscrub and cotton wool and never had a problem. They did this at the RVC hospital aswell. I personally don't like iodine. Smells funny.

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Same.. never ever had a problem, after the hibiscrub, we spray the site (depending where) with surgical spirit and we then use iodine, and yes I agree kimbo.. smells funny I hate it ... Lol!!

Re: Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

Jane Rowe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:24:13 GMT

This is the first time I've heard this and I'm very surprised. I'm still only a student Nurse but I've done work placements in 2 practices (a small animal and a mixed practice) and both used this constantly! I'm off to Google it now!

Re: Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

Sal the 1st — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:01:29 GMT

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I was at college yesterday and was told this. So shocked. The practice I work for have been using hibiscrub with cotton wool to clean patients pre-operatively for years.

Swapping to iodine from today.

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I had heard this but when I looked into it it was never proven was it??

Re: Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

Kim Buckley — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:47:15 GMT

Always used hibiscrub and cotton wool and never had a problem. They did this at the RVC hospital aswell. I personally don't like iodine. Smells funny.

Re: Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

Vicky RVN — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:40:31 GMT

I was always under the impression it is fine to use with cotton wool as long as it is not left soaking in it for ages. So putting the hibi on the cotton wool then using it straight away is fine! Have been doing this all the time i've been in practice (a bit over 3 years) and not had a problem yet

Re: Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

SmegSlayer — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:51:57 GMT

wouldn't it be nice to have a straight answer to a question for once rather than 'myths'...

Re: Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

fairy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:47:55 GMT

I think this guy works for the company which supplies the product. This may mean he is biased.

Re: Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:34:00 GMT

ehem...

http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/articles/chlorhexidine-gluconate-myths.html

you may or may not find this enlightening.

Re: Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

Claire Coulthard RVN — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:08:36 GMT

we've been talking about this today as our student nurse told us this morning ( so you prob know each other).

i was shocked also and have googled it but can't find any info online about it.

anyone else any knowledge of this?

Re: Hibiscrub deactivated by cotton

Maisy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:43:09 GMT

It can deactivate chlorhex but more so if the cotton wool is left in a hibi solution for long periods of time. For the length of time the cotton wool is in contact with hibi when prepping patients is quite minimal so okay to use otherwise.