My partner had to have a picc line several years ago, for I/V antibiotics against a bad infection. I remember the skin on his arm got irritated by the dressing at first, so I went back and checked my notes. It was only the first dressing that was a problem. When the nurse replaced it, she said the irritation was probably because whoever put it on didn't use skin prep. So that is probably a good thing to use.
There's also stuff called "self-grip bandages" which is like a rubbery gauze that comes in a roll. You can wrap it around an arm or leg, etc., and it sticks to itself. I think we used that to help keep the picc lines in place, though it's been so long I'm not really sure anymore if that is what we used it for.
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Date: 2017-02-07 02:45 am (UTC)There's also stuff called "self-grip bandages" which is like a rubbery gauze that comes in a roll. You can wrap it around an arm or leg, etc., and it sticks to itself. I think we used that to help keep the picc lines in place, though it's been so long I'm not really sure anymore if that is what we used it for.