Silicone liner and Staph
von ruder
Description
Collection
Title:
Silicone liner and Staph
Creator:
von ruder
Date:
2/19/2007
Text:
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From: von ruder [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:55 AM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: Silicone liner and Staph
List Friends,
I would like to add a note/continuation on the issue regarding staph in
gel liners. As a bk amputee and O&P technician, it has been my experience
that (at least most) gel liners start to develop a cracking or
spider-webbing especially near the distal end within several days of
wearing. This continues and with an active amputee can be a considerable
deteriation within even weeks, definitely months. When the liner is right
side out, and even donned, it may not be noticeable at all, but when turned
inside out is evident that there is a type of damage that, as you can
imagine, could hold microbes, bacteria, ect. It is also of my experience as
a wearer of gel liners, that this deteriation does have an affect on
cushioning and consequentially of fit and alignment, even if modest in early
stages. Also, in a response post from Mr.Gary Lamb LPO CO, I mentioned
scrubbing the residual limb with a washrag and (slowly) eventually working
to an abrasive green kitchen scrubbie - this is not meant to solely be an
exfoliating technique, but also conditions (toughens) the skin of the limb
which tends to be, many times, touched less often than other parts of the
body. Food for thought
Von Ruder
Gainesville Prosthetics - technician
Gainesville, Florida
<Email Address Redacted>
From: von ruder [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:55 AM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: Silicone liner and Staph
List Friends,
I would like to add a note/continuation on the issue regarding staph in
gel liners. As a bk amputee and O&P technician, it has been my experience
that (at least most) gel liners start to develop a cracking or
spider-webbing especially near the distal end within several days of
wearing. This continues and with an active amputee can be a considerable
deteriation within even weeks, definitely months. When the liner is right
side out, and even donned, it may not be noticeable at all, but when turned
inside out is evident that there is a type of damage that, as you can
imagine, could hold microbes, bacteria, ect. It is also of my experience as
a wearer of gel liners, that this deteriation does have an affect on
cushioning and consequentially of fit and alignment, even if modest in early
stages. Also, in a response post from Mr.Gary Lamb LPO CO, I mentioned
scrubbing the residual limb with a washrag and (slowly) eventually working
to an abrasive green kitchen scrubbie - this is not meant to solely be an
exfoliating technique, but also conditions (toughens) the skin of the limb
which tends to be, many times, touched less often than other parts of the
body. Food for thought
Von Ruder
Gainesville Prosthetics - technician
Gainesville, Florida
<Email Address Redacted>
Citation
von ruder, “Silicone liner and Staph,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/227818.
