Do you know of successful ways to treat contact dermatitis under CVC dressings? At this point, it is unknown whether it is a reaction to the chlorhexidine or to the transparent dressing.
So, if the skin isn't "intact" from this dermatitis, what is your care of the site: skin prep? Skin barrier? Different dressing?
Thanks for any help.
Gwen Irwin
Austin, Texas
We have had this come up a lot with some of our continuous chemotherapies. I think it's a combination of the drug, the dressing, and the cleanser. We are looking into this at our facility, and have found a few things that help.
We change the cleanser, use Provodone Iodine, and apply a mepilex border dressing. This needs to be changed every two days, but after a week, we find that the contact dermatis is cleared up, and we can then go back to our normal dressings.