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<blockquote data-quote="SophiaW" data-source="post: 279224" data-attributes="member: 13451"><p>Phoenix your pump training was a little different to what we were told. We were advised to keep hands washed, cannula site clean (soap and water), not touch cannula and not to breathe over anything but were never advised to clean the top of the insulin vial or the skin site prior to inserting the cannula with any sort of wipe or cleansing agent.</p><p></p><p>To update I took Jess along to our local small hospital where there is a nurse led dept that deals with minor injuries. The nurse there felt that Jess should be prescribed some oral antibiotics and didn't feel that waiting until Thursday was a good idea. She phoned our GP surgery and got us an emergency appointment with our GP for this afternoon. Just got back now from that appointment, have been prescribed some oral antibiotics and she recommended I continue using the cream that I have been using. Tried two pharmacies so far, one was out of stock of the antibiotic and the other I got there 1 minute after closing time. Hubby has gone off now to the bigger Tesco pharmacy across town, hopefully they will have in stock. Pleased I went to the minor injuries unit now and thank you everyone for the advice, it was one of those situations where I wasn't quite sure how important seeing a GP would be but now pleased we got to see her today and hopefully the infection will clear up soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SophiaW, post: 279224, member: 13451"] Phoenix your pump training was a little different to what we were told. We were advised to keep hands washed, cannula site clean (soap and water), not touch cannula and not to breathe over anything but were never advised to clean the top of the insulin vial or the skin site prior to inserting the cannula with any sort of wipe or cleansing agent. To update I took Jess along to our local small hospital where there is a nurse led dept that deals with minor injuries. The nurse there felt that Jess should be prescribed some oral antibiotics and didn't feel that waiting until Thursday was a good idea. She phoned our GP surgery and got us an emergency appointment with our GP for this afternoon. Just got back now from that appointment, have been prescribed some oral antibiotics and she recommended I continue using the cream that I have been using. Tried two pharmacies so far, one was out of stock of the antibiotic and the other I got there 1 minute after closing time. Hubby has gone off now to the bigger Tesco pharmacy across town, hopefully they will have in stock. Pleased I went to the minor injuries unit now and thank you everyone for the advice, it was one of those situations where I wasn't quite sure how important seeing a GP would be but now pleased we got to see her today and hopefully the infection will clear up soon. [/QUOTE]
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