[NP-Clinical] hand/ skin care for food workers

[Shelby Havens]

I wonder if Vitamin A&D ointment would be effective. It might be a good 
emollient for cracked fingers and dishpan hands.

Best Regards,

Shelby Havens, ARNP




>From: "C. Minch & J. Wildauer" <sunsrise at lebmofo.com>
>Reply-To: NP Clinical <np-clinical at nurse.net>
>To: "NP Clinical" <np-clinical at nurse.net>
>Subject: Re: [NP-Clinical] hand/ skin care for food workers Date: Tue, 21 
>Aug 2007 16:41:34 -0400
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>Unfortulnately, I suffer from severely cracked fingers during the cold 
>months.  Bag Balm was not effective for me.
>
>Jean
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>   Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 11:51 AM
>   Subject: Re: [NP-Clinical] hand/ skin care for food workers
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>   some report good relief, quicker healing, when they use 'Bag Balm' 
>rubbed into the cracked skin on feet and hands nightly-  just ignore the 
>'for veterinarian use only' language on the can
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>     From: Patricia.Thompson at hattiesburgclinic.com
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>     Are they using powder or powder free gloves or does it matter?
>     Patricia T CFNP
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>[mailto:np-clinical-bounces at nurse.net]On Behalf Of K&J MILLER
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>     Avon has a foot cream for dry cracked heels (name?) that patients have 
>told me worked better than anything else we'd tried. I saw it in their 
>catalog for about $5 a tube.
>     K. Miller
>
>     "Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, NP-C, APRN, BC, FAANP, CSP" 
><pegf at hotmail.com> wrote:
>       Hi- I have a number of patients who work in food service and 
>therefore wear gloves a good part of the work day. A significant number 
>come in with cracked fingertips, usually on dominant hand. Any tips for 
>maintaining skin health for these folks other than the obvious?
>
>       Thanks, Peg Fitzgerald (kind of on vacation on beautiful Cape Cod 
>with most of my lovely family)
>
>       Dr. Margaret A. Fitzgerald
>       DNP, APRN, BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP
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