Pre-surgical patient prep & CHG showers

Are you instructing patients to do any prep prior to coming in for surgery, i.e. shower, shower with a CHG solution, shower once or twice, etc.? Is it all patients or just specific surgeries?

Started by: Terri Gray (OR Manager/Supervisor) at January 19, 2010 (8:52 am)

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We give our elective surgical patients CHG wipes to use the evening before surgery (one hour after showering) then we give them a second packet of wipes in the pre-op admission area on the morning of surgery.
We also use the wipes the evening before and morning of surgery for our inpatients as well.

Donna McNeill (Other) at January 26, 2010 (9:27 am)

Yes we have a protocol to give all inpatient surgeries CHG bath the night before & early AM the day of surgery -- with clean sheets before the patient returns to bed.
We are also working on the protocol to require all scheduled OP surgeries to have the same.

N. Durr (Director, Surgical Services / Director of Nursing) at January 26, 2010 (10:07 am)

tell me more about these "wipes" please. Brand? where do you get them? How do you get them to the pt? thanks

Karen Hausteen (OR Manager / Supervisor) at February 10, 2010 (12:57 pm)

Sage makes a 2% Chlorahexidine wipe made specifically for patient preoperative skin prep.

Mary Jaco (Other) at March 11, 2010 (12:54 pm)

I work for Sage Products and would be more than happy to provide information on the Sage® 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Cloths. Feel free to give me a call at any time at 1-800-323-2220 ext. 1854 or go to www.sageproducts.com for more information.

Kathy Lindstrom (Other) at April 7, 2010 (4:33 pm)

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