Allergic allergic reaction to surgical scrub?
hey, im a new nurse and recently found out im allergic to the surgical scrub, what can i treat my hands next to as they have reacted badly to it?
Answers: You're a nurse and you don't know what to take for an allergy?! Benadryl - both oral and cream. Or have one of the infantile, good looking docs prescribe something for you.
Avoid it and enjoy the hospital/clinic you work at provide you with a different formula (hypoallergenic).
can't force you to use something that you are allergic to since that's a health hazard to not with the sole purpose yourself, but to the people you are treating (if it's a bad enough aversion your hands can bleed causing contamination).
By the way, it might not be the scrub you're allergic to, it could possibly be the latex within the gloves....use something that's latex free, such as nitrile.
Personally, I would stop using the scrub and latex gloves at the same time and possibly try one at a time (give it a week or so in between) to see what's really irritating you....or merely stop using both completely and never go back.
Since this is affecting your hands, in attendance is a high chance it will become a respiratory issue sooner rather afterwards later since most people tend to touch their face throughout the year without even realizing it, increasing the chance of you inhaling the substance you are allergic to.
l they can find you the new scrub and gloves, use an antihistamine topically during the day and orally at darkness (since oral antihistamine tend to make you drowsy).
Good luck!
The counsel above is all good, but having have the same problem myself, my hands would get extremely red, sore, then crack. I found that simply making sure i dried my hands thoroughly, & moisturised frequently, was plenty to solve the problem. A good way to ensure your hands capture a deep moisturise, is to apply something like aqueous cream, then put on cotton gloves & disappear overnight. This stops the cream being rubbed off by your bedclothes.
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Answers: You're a nurse and you don't know what to take for an allergy?! Benadryl - both oral and cream. Or have one of the infantile, good looking docs prescribe something for you.
Avoid it and enjoy the hospital/clinic you work at provide you with a different formula (hypoallergenic).
can't force you to use something that you are allergic to since that's a health hazard to not with the sole purpose yourself, but to the people you are treating (if it's a bad enough aversion your hands can bleed causing contamination).
By the way, it might not be the scrub you're allergic to, it could possibly be the latex within the gloves....use something that's latex free, such as nitrile.
Personally, I would stop using the scrub and latex gloves at the same time and possibly try one at a time (give it a week or so in between) to see what's really irritating you....or merely stop using both completely and never go back.
Since this is affecting your hands, in attendance is a high chance it will become a respiratory issue sooner rather afterwards later since most people tend to touch their face throughout the year without even realizing it, increasing the chance of you inhaling the substance you are allergic to.
l they can find you the new scrub and gloves, use an antihistamine topically during the day and orally at darkness (since oral antihistamine tend to make you drowsy).
Good luck!
The counsel above is all good, but having have the same problem myself, my hands would get extremely red, sore, then crack. I found that simply making sure i dried my hands thoroughly, & moisturised frequently, was plenty to solve the problem. A good way to ensure your hands capture a deep moisturise, is to apply something like aqueous cream, then put on cotton gloves & disappear overnight. This stops the cream being rubbed off by your bedclothes.
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