Self-care supplies
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Self-care supplies
The supplies listed below are useful to keep on hand in your home health center. They are inexpensive, easy to use, and available in any drugstore or pharmacy.
- Adhesive strips, such as Band-Aids, in assorted sizes
- Adhesive tape,
wide - Butterfly bandages
- Sterile gauze pads,
square - Elastic (“Ace”) bandage,
wide - Roll of gauze bandage,
wide - Cotton balls
- Safety pins
Credits
| Author | Katy E. Magee, MA |
| Author | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Patrice Burgess, MD - Family Medicine |
| Last Updated | May 19, 2006 |
| Last updated: | May 19, 2006 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Reviewed By: | Patrice Burgess, MD - Family Medicine |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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