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Okay so our supplier has decided to discontinue the sterile gauze swabs we purchase normally. These have always come in packs of five with twenty packs in a box. These have now been replaced with a hundred in one pack, so immediately opened are not sterile. Any suggestions wise ones.

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I buy mine from local pharmacy 5 swabs to a sterile pack I can then buy as many individual packs as I need.

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was wondering what you used gauze swabs for in the garden???

 

we too used to buy them locally .. did nto use them very often so was only replacing a few at a time..

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Yes that's right but that is the smallest amount you can get in a pack. What do others use just out of interest.

 

 

We very rarely have need for them to be honest.

Maybe that why this is in the 'gardener corner' :D ::1a We haven't got a designated outdoor area-so I think most of our 'injuries' are more controlled (if you know what I mean- not many falling of bike at speed etc)

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we were advised that if a small graze to use clean gauze or tissue - it did not have to be streile although hands should be clean and in gloves and the dressing applied should be strerile ie plaster or gauze and micropore - you could always use cooled boiled water or non alcohol antiseptic wipes as these are supplied singularly

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This is what drives me crazy. On our recent first aid training no antiseptic wipes were to be used. Have to say the PSLA /OFSTED approved kits have no antiseptic wipes.

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no but then many of the first aid kits have many items that are not suitable for use in pediatric first aid either - as long as they contain no alcohol and were not used on where oral ingestion could happen - I use them at home in my own first aid kit but otherwise have clean gauze swabs for cleaning but not dressing wounds - I have noticed that there always seems to be conflicting info on everything !

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Always conflicting advise!

 

We were told [Jan 12] Non Alc wipes were ok. We tend to use these [if out and about] then usually just covered with plaster, or dressing etc.

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just researched va net and medical friends whose answer is non alcohol wipes are fine - there are plenty that contain only aloe vera and unless you are aware of any known allergies fine to use - bit like the plaster myth ! again unless known allergy

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Just wished everyone would sing from the same hymn sheet, it would certainly make our job much easier.

Strangely enough my med family say no to wipes funny that.

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