[Melpen]

Contact dermatitis from Tegaderm medical dressing?

by Melpen on Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:40 pm

Does anyone else get severe contact dermatitis when Tegaderm is used over central lines and IV lines? If so what else can be used?

[Stitcher88]

Re: Contact dermatitis from Tegaderm medical dressing?

by Stitcher88 on Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:29 pm

I have extremely sensitive skin and had the same problem. My insurance required that a visiting nurse come to the house to clean and change the dressing, and she had an alternative dressing specially formulated for sensitive skin in her bag. I don't know the name of the product, but I do know that it worked for me. The nurse was sent through Walgreens, if that is of any help.

Sorry this isn't much help, since I can't give you a specific name, but there are alternate products to Tegaderm, such as Sorbaview and Bioclusive, and there may be other brands as well.

[PWalker]

Re: Contact dermatitis from Tegaderm medical dressing?

by PWalker on Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:48 am

I had severe rashes from the chlorhexidine found in ChloraPrep skin antiseptics and Biopatch protective disks. The staff switched to Betadine (povidone-iodine) antiseptic and used IV3000-brand transparent dressing for the patch, and no rash occurred.

I continue to request that no ChloraPrep, Biopatch, or Tegaderm is used for infusions such as Zometa treatments.

[Salzmav]

Re: Contact dermatitis from Tegaderm medical dressing?

by Salzmav on Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:56 am

I got dreadful rashes too. In the end, they used a silicone dressing on me. No problems at all