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I bought some wipes for my purse, along with a small refill bottle of proper hand sanitizer. These ones are the packets that get put into some take-out meals. They only contain soap and water (and lemony scent). I use them in between hand sanitizer and washing my hands with soap and water under the tap - and to do a quick wipe on some food packaging or my coffee cup lids- when I am not at home. They also do a good job cleaning smudges off of my phone and sunglasses. I also wipe my scooter handles and levers with them. Soap and water and rubbing action - to wipe the germs off the surfaces - with a wipe should help a bit, but I know soap itself doesn't kill viruses. I was using hand sanitizer on a napkin to do the same, but it's a messier three step process. My hands are looking more withered and feeling dry these days with the constant alcohol hand sanitizer as well as washing with soap and water twice as much (I always washed them after using the bathroom, washed before eating or sanitizer if out, not close to a sink) or when I got home from shopping and using transit,etc.

My hand hygiene was already good, now it's obsessive. Now I use hand sanitizer constantly after touching anything and even try to use it before I have to scratch a tickle on my face (from my hair getting in my face). My hands are taking a beating.
 
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There's no point even using hand lotion if it's just going to be washed off/ evaporated with the alcohol in the hand sanitizer in the next 15-30 minutes. Maybe when this is over I will by some fancy hand treatment serum or something, to treat myself. There's no point right now.
 
You can slather on a good quality hand cream before you go to bed at night - even put light gloves over top if you're worried about your sheets getting marked up. Works well. Sometimes those 'working hands' type of creams are better than the fancy fragrant ones. Bag Balm works well too - originally made to soothe cows udders - but used by lots of folks as a heavy duty hand cream - it's a bit greasy tho!
 
They're saying it's important to moisturize our hands. Those cracks can be conduits for germs. I use Glaxol Base that's working. Hard.
 
Northwind said:
I've wondered about that too. I put lotion on when I'm hanging around at home or when I go to bed. I don't put it on when I'm going out. Just in case.
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I have put it on before bed (but not for awhile) - I usually get up once or twice, wash my hands, then am too sleepy to remember to do it again.

My hands aren't cracking, they just look more weathered, and feel dryer than usual.
 
Carolla said:
You can slather on a good quality hand cream before you go to bed at night - even put light gloves over top if you're worried about your sheets getting marked up. Works well. Sometimes those 'working hands' type of creams are better than the fancy fragrant ones. Bag Balm works well too - originally made to soothe cows udders - but used by lots of folks as a heavy duty hand cream - it's a bit greasy tho!
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I haven’t seen “Bag Cream” here, but there is a similar product called “Udder Cream” that’s been sold as a skin cream for years. I used it years ago but started having a reaction to it. Glycomed unscented (I buy travel the size for my purse) is not bad. It has zero smell, as with Cetaphill (sp)? Or just unscented Aveeno. Glaxalbase doesn’t work for me. It’s heavy but doesn’t soak in and moisturizer that well, I find. And I don’t like the slightly plastic or vaguely antiseptic non-smell it supposedly has. I’d rather smell a mild natural fragrance that fades fast, than smell like a medical clinic.

If I put oil in the bath at night - usually coconut, right now I am using a trial size Bio-oil as bath oil - that helps my hands a bit, as well as the rest of me, too.

I used to work with someone with perfect hands, for her 30s. No lines or scars or wrinkles. She put Vaseline on them and covered them with dishwashing gloves at bedtime. I tried it. It was too uncomfortable.
 
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Eek! I just had a big ant crawl on me. In my room at the opposite end of the house from the original source. The landlord sealed cracks in the corner of my roommate’s ceiling, where they first came in, now I guess they are forced to set up shop somewhere else...but I hope it was just one I tracked in from another room! I put peppermint Castile soap (contains peppermint oil) and clove oil and water in a spray bottle and sprayed it all over my room. The smell will probably bother the person upstairs - but at this point I don’t care! I’ve been really mindful of all his sensitivities to the point where I get stressed. It’s not our fault. It’s another thing they didn’t take care of properly before having tenants. He’s not allergic he just doesn’t like any smells that are not his, he has a super sensitive nose - there’s poor ventilation down here. Also, they knew they had ants upstairs before they made their way down here, and didn’t take care of it properly right away, or mention it at all.

I know most bugs (the crawly type) get deterred by certain essential oils like that...and I read it can throw ants off of their scent trails. It’s not COVID...but makes getting through this time more challenging. We don’t need this right now. My light is on...the walls in my room are white. I see no other ants. But I think I might sleep with the light on tonight...and until after the exterminators come.

I also just sprayed that mixture in the air and walked through the mist, to get some on me...hopefully that will repel them. I’m not worried about the scent on me, with social distancing, and not being indoors where there are others, very often. And it’s a clean smell.
 
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Well I was wondering what on earth the army was doing in long term care homes with COVID, I thought maybe they were there to make sure family didn't enter, but it seems they are doing care for the residents....yikes! I have to agree with the PM, the army shouldn't be doing care for the elderly without proper training but these are different times that are pointing out just how unprepared we are.....once again.

www.ctvnews.ca

What you need to know about the military's assistance to long-term care homes

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised the Canadian Armed Forces will respond to provincial requests for assistance at long-term care facilities hit by COVID-19, but said Thursday the measure is a short-term solution and Canada should not need to have 'soldiers taking care of seniors.'
www.ctvnews.ca
 
Waterfall said:
Well I was wondering what on earth the army was doing in long term care homes with COVID, I thought maybe they were there to make sure family didn't enter, but it seems they are doing care for the residents....yikes! I have to agree with the PM, the army shouldn't be doing care for the elderly without proper training but these are different times that are pointing out just how unprepared we are.....once again.

www.ctvnews.ca

What you need to know about the military's assistance to long-term care homes

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised the Canadian Armed Forces will respond to provincial requests for assistance at long-term care facilities hit by COVID-19, but said Thursday the measure is a short-term solution and Canada should not need to have 'soldiers taking care of seniors.'
www.ctvnews.ca
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They are medical professionals, so they should have a sense of what to do and what not to do and they are not working alone but along staff. One of our OTs and a Rehab Assistant have volunteered to help out on the Covid wing in a nursing home. 12 hour shifts in protective gear.
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
They are medical professionals, so they should have a sense of what to do and what not to do and they are not working alone but along staff. One of our OTs and a Rehab Assistant have volunteered to help out on the Covid wing in a nursing home. 12 hour shifts in protective gear.
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Well that's a relief:
globalnews.ca

Coronavirus: Ottawa sending CAF nursing officers, medical technicians to Quebec nursing homes | Globalnews.ca

Starting Saturday, 125 military members with health-care training will be deployed to support workers in Quebec's long-term care facilities hard hit by COVID-19.
globalnews.ca globalnews.ca
 
The army medical Corp are highly skilled doctors and nurses. Running battle field hospitals so I expect they are more skilled than most for care. Not used to the elderly granted but a bedridden soldier has the same needs as a bed ridden senor
 
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