[humanser] Question about cane sanitation for hospital use
Carly Mihalakis
carlymih at comcast.net
Sun Feb 14 15:47:32 UTC 2016
Sanitizing your cane? That's new to me. Seems
like sanitizing your shoes, kind of pointless?
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Carwrote:
>I forgot that one! I have also considered
>having a cane, even two, set aside for use in
>the hospitals. On 8/17/15, Annely Rose via
>humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote: > Hi, > >
>I'm following this thread and it is very thought
>provoking. I am recalling > that when my late
>husband was in the hospital with a staff
>infection in his > nasal passages, as they
>called it, all of us had to wear protective
>gear, > but the nurse brought in the medication
>cart and I'm not aware that anyone > wiped it
>down afterward. also, there was furniture in
>the room and other > equipment. I carried my
>cane in and no one said anything. Even a
>doctor > came in and didn't have a gown on or
>any facial mask. go figure. Maybe > this
>hospital wasn't as strict or should I say they
>were careless. And > where did my husband get
>this infection? He was home with us 2 days
>before > and a day in ICU before they diagnosed
>it and none of the family came down > with
>it. The ICU staff didn't wear anything
>protective. Makes you wonder. > And if you get
>sick, they say that there are staff germs
>everywhere, even on > our skin. Our canes go
>everywhere with us and who knows what
>the > tips come in contact with on a daily
>basis. I try to wipe mine clean, but > many
>times forget. When I fold it up, I never put it
>in my purse and try > not to touch it either on
>my skin or on my clothes. And, of course, I
>never > put it on a table anywhere. If I set it
>on a chair in a restaurant, I'll > leave the tip
>hanging over the edge. > > Annely > > >
>-------------------------------------------- >
>On Mon, 8/17/15, Michael Abell via humanser
><humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote: > > Subject: Re:
>[humanser] Question about cane sanitation for
>hospital use > To: "'Human Services Division
>Mailing List'" <humanser at nfbnet.org> > Cc:
>"Michael Abell" <bigdog4744 at gmail.com> > Date:
>Monday, August 17, 2015, 12:18
>PM > > Hello, > Â Â Â These are all fantastic
>and thought > provoking answers! I am taken
>by > the new > frontiers that we are blazing
>through. > Â Â Â I have special canes for
>occasions. What > about a cane that would
>be > used for just > such purposes. You could
>remove any porous material > (grips, > tips .
>and elastic) even going to a > solid cane. This
>would make it easy to > sanitize and you could
>limit its use for these > purposes. > Â Â Â J
>D brings up very salient > points about
>instruments and devices. I > would ask the
>hospital staff what they do with > their
>devices. I am also > waiting to hear > what
>our dear friend Dr. Chapel has to say on
>this > subject! > Mary? > > > Regards, > >
>Michael "Big Dog" Abell > > Helping individuals
>to find > their eyes in the dark. > (480)
>369-0805 > > > > -----Original
>Message----- > From: humanser
>[mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] > On
>Behalf Of Ginny Duff > via humanser > Sent:
>Monday, August 17, 2015 9:06 AM > To:
>humanser at nfbnet.org > Cc: Ginny
>Duff > Subject: Re: > [humanser] Question
>about cane sanitation for hospital > use > > I
>work in a hospital > although being in
>psychiatry, I rarely have to worry > about this
>issue.   I agree that the > cane is
>essential.   Its one thing to > leave it
>outside the room when you are just > visiting
>but it would be a > completely > different
>matter if you were working there. > > I'd be
>just as concerned > about the tip and the
>handle.   If you touch > something with your
>gloves then you have > transferred anything
>contaminated > to the > handle and then once
>you take the gloves off your hands are > in
>direct > contact with the > handle.   Of
>course when you fold the cane up
>you > then > touch the whole thing. > > You
>could contact the head of > infection control
>and let them mull that over. > > > What to
>do > with the cane would be analogous to what
>staff do with a > walker > or medical
>equipment that is taken > out of the room
>later.   They must wipe > that equipment
>down with something that would > work on your
>cane.  Alcohol > swabs are a > bit too
>small. > > Ginny > > > > Dr. V.
>Duff > Clinical Director, > West End ACT
>Team, > St. Joseph's Heatlh > Centre ,
>Toronto > Staff Psychiatrist, Complex > Mental
>Illness, CAMH Lecturer, University
>of > Toronto > Tel:Â Â Â 416.530.6000, ext
>3101 > FAX:Â Â Â 416.530.6363 > > Sent from my
>iPad > > > On Aug 17, 2015, at 11:43 > AM, JD
>Townsend via
>humanser > <humanser at nfbnet.org> > wrote: >
> > > > > > Hello Kaiti & All: > > > >
>Interesting > question. I do work in a
>hospital and precautions are > > always an
>issue. > > > > My questions are: > >
>Do > other staff wear street shoes or cover
>them with booties? > > Do other staff wear full
>body coverings or > are pants
>exposed? > > > > Alcohol wipes are always
>present in > hospitals. A clean wipe of
>my > > white > cane would provide much better
>protection than the exposure > to > > my shoes
>or pants and much better > protection than
>nursing clipboards or > exposed hair. > > > >
>According to my best knowledge, your
>white > cane is considered a > > prosthesis,
>like > a prostetic leg and as such there ought
>be no problem > > if it is kept as clean as one
>of those > devices. > > > > If
>shoe > booties are called for, just use one for
>your cane tip. > > > > I would be
>more > concerned about your music insterments -
>players and > > the like, and your cell
>'phone. > > > > > > JD Townsend
>LCSW > > > Helping the light dependent to
>see. > > > Daytona Beach, Earth, Sol
>System > > > > > > >
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