Skin Care; What You Will Need; How To Clean Around The Opening - Covidien Shiley Manual De Usuario

Skin Care

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REAd BEfoRE ClEAninG
ARoUnd THE opEninG
CAUTion: Watch for red, irritated
areas. If excessive redness or pimples
occur around the opening, call your
doctor, reduce humidity delivered around
opening and use only sterile water for
cleaning. Do not use over-the-counter,
petroleum-based creams like zinc oxide
or Vaseline * around the opening. If your
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doctor prescribes an ointment, apply it
according to his/her instructions.

WHAT yoU Will nEEd

Cotton swabs
Hydrogen peroxide and sterile water
(mixed in equal parts)
Pre-cut tracheostomy dressing,
if required
Sterile gauze pads
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Skin CARE
Skin care is easy but very important. It should be done at
least twice a day: once in the morning and once at night. If
you smell an odor around the neck or opening, clean the
area every eight hours until the odor is gone.

How to Clean Around the opening

1. Wash your hands.
2. Dip a cotton swab into the hydrogen peroxide and water
mixture.
3. Roll the cotton swab between the tracheostomy tube
and the skin around the opening. Clean from the stoma
outward. This removes wet or dried mucus.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 using a fresh cotton swab each time,
until entire area around the opening is clean.
5. Rinse the area using clean cotton swabs dipped in clean
water only.
6. Use a dry gauze pad to pat lightly around the opening.
7. Replace the tracheostomy dressing, if required.