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Hazardous Material

smokeyjoe
smokeyjoe CSN Member Posts: 1,425 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1
Sooo, tonight I got the stuff for my home disconnect, port flush stuff. BUT, included was this big bag for a hazardous material handling spill, some special pads, the complete outfit to wear, hazardous material spill sign, etc....mask, goggels, gloves!!! Anyone else get this kit!!!
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  • jen2012
    jen2012 CSN Member Posts: 1,607 Member
    #2
    Yup - my husband doesn't do
    Yup - my husband doesn't do disconnect, but they did give him the emergency clean up kit at his first treatment. I just realized this weekend, that we probably are supposed to keep it with us when we aren't home...
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  • smokeyjoe
    smokeyjoe CSN Member Posts: 1,425 Member
    #3
    jen2012 said:

    Yup - my husband doesn't do
    Yup - my husband doesn't do disconnect, but they did give him the emergency clean up kit at his first treatment. I just realized this weekend, that we probably are supposed to keep it with us when we aren't home...

    I did 10 months of folfiri a
    I did 10 months of folfiri a year ago, and didn't have this!!! I think the biggest hazard would be my cat, he's fascinated with the bottle and line I try to hide from him, he immediately knows something is different....he was already interested in the new box that arrived and I had to shoo him away. I just know he'll be trying to get at that line tomorrow night.
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  • Doc_Hawk
    Doc_Hawk CSN Member Posts: 685
    #4
    Kit
    I got the kit when I my port was installed. I guess the drano cocktail can be caustic so the bag is to prevent it from getting on stuff you wouldn't want it on. After two years and a big move, I have no idea where the kit is now.
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  • thxmiker
    thxmiker CSN Member Posts: 1,278 Member
    #5
    LOL I got the grocery bag
    LOL I got the grocery bag full of clean up Hazmat kit. I never needed it. The worst thing I ever did was forget to turn off the butterfly between the flush and removal. I bled on a shirt and immediately stain cleaned the shirt. All was good.

    It was another piece of clutter in the bathroom storage.

    Best Always, mike
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  • abrub
    abrub CSN Member Posts: 2,174 Member
    #6
    I got 2 full sets!
    2 giant boxes filled with supplies and complete hazmat kits (I changed home nursing services partway through treatment, so each service brought me one.)

    Yet when I did have a chemo spill, and had to have the pump removed early (covered in chemo) neither the nurse nor my husband nor I remembered the hazmat. She wore gloves to clean me up, wrapped the pump in a regular bag (not the yellow hazmat bag) and never dressed for treating the leak.

    The mini-dustpan has come in handy, as have the masks. Of course the box of gloves (not necessarily part of hazmat) is useful, too.

    But yes, 2 giant boxes of stuff, including complete hazmat suits and supplies.

    Isn't it lovely to know that the stuff that they are pumping into our bodies is this dangerous?
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  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh CSN Member Posts: 4,392 Member
    #7
    Yep
    Standard equipment.

    I turned mine in though (never used)- they charge you for the kit if you don't turn it back in at our place.
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  • abrub
    abrub CSN Member Posts: 2,174 Member
    #8
    Double post
    Slow computer.
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