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Footspas/baths
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| On Oct 6 2005 10:55AM CoughlanP1 wrote: |
Hello all,
I have recently come across portable footspas/baths which are used communally in special schools/day centres for children and adults with disabilities . The footspas are used for the purpose of aromatherapy and also sensory stimulation .
What advice would people consider regarding their communal use and cleaning between each person?
The groups using them are a well population, any one with diabetes or PVD would be advised against using footspas.
Some sources advice cleaning and disinfection with hypochlorite between users as suffient , while ensuring that people with non intact skin or fungal infections do not use them .
Another source advises that footspa/baths should be single client use only due to risk of dermatophyte/yeast infections.
What do people think?
Regards
Patricia Coughlan |
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