STITCHES REMOVAL
doer human
Description
Collection
Title:
STITCHES REMOVAL
Creator:
doer human
Date:
3/9/2007
Text:
hi everyone.
i know this question was mulled over and over again, and many practitioners
just do this to keep the business and not to inconvenience the referral
sources. which creates a bad precident, but i do not want to discuss that.
my question is: are we, as profession, certified prosthetists, supposed to
remove stitches on amputation site?
from my school i learned that it's a big no-no. whatever is crossing skin
barriers is considered a surgical or microsurgical procedure and we can not
do this.
problem is - i need some legal material to support this. do not take
wrong - after i worked in morgue, i can remove anything from anything. but!
THE LIABILITY! unfortunately, i am being pressurized by the bosses, and
quite firmly, to start doing this, or we will loose the business and that
is in reference to a major metro hospital, where floors are roaming with all
kinds of nurses, MAs, PAs, etc.
so, does anyone, actually, know of any statute or other document that i can
use to shield myself? must have something official enough to work.
can not tell how much i'd appreciate this.
UW CPO
i know this question was mulled over and over again, and many practitioners
just do this to keep the business and not to inconvenience the referral
sources. which creates a bad precident, but i do not want to discuss that.
my question is: are we, as profession, certified prosthetists, supposed to
remove stitches on amputation site?
from my school i learned that it's a big no-no. whatever is crossing skin
barriers is considered a surgical or microsurgical procedure and we can not
do this.
problem is - i need some legal material to support this. do not take
wrong - after i worked in morgue, i can remove anything from anything. but!
THE LIABILITY! unfortunately, i am being pressurized by the bosses, and
quite firmly, to start doing this, or we will loose the business and that
is in reference to a major metro hospital, where floors are roaming with all
kinds of nurses, MAs, PAs, etc.
so, does anyone, actually, know of any statute or other document that i can
use to shield myself? must have something official enough to work.
can not tell how much i'd appreciate this.
UW CPO
Citation
doer human, “STITCHES REMOVAL,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/228037.
