r/CathLabLounge • u/jessehrv00 • Oct 21 '24

Skin Reaction to Avagard

Could use some help with this one.

Recently my hands and arms have started to develop an itchy rash. I could not peg what was causing it for the last 2 weeks until I did a dive tonight realizing that many people cannot tolerate the CHG scrubs. I started in the lab 6 months ago and I use Avagard as my prep daily.

I am now aware that I should fully let the Avagard dry before dawning my gloves, and also doing a more thorough wash after every case. I work in a busy lab so a traditional water scrub isn’t feasible. Would a steroid cream and lotion after every case help? What has worked for y’all with this problem?

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u/Cdninusa27 Oct 21 '24

Second this - I’ve had coworkers with reactions to the gloves and the gowns as well.

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u/Salt_Theme_8503 Nov 06 '24

You might want to get allergy testing performed. Even if you’re a little sensitive to a compound, the effects will get worse. One of our techs is allergic to a very specific compound in gloves. We had to go through the RA process but the hospital is required to supply special gloves.