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GLIDE ON Use the plastic packaging TED hose come in to help get the stockings on your patients.
ANTI-EMBOLISM STOCKINGS
TED Hose Will Slide Right On
Here's a simple solution to
getting TED hose to slide
right on. Place the slippery
plastic packaging on the patient's foot, and then place the TED hose on and pull up the stocking. No more struggling: The hose slides right over the arch and heel.
Remove the plastic packaging from the toe opening and repeat on the other foot. Instruct patients who have to wear antiembolism stockings at home to use a sandwich baggy.
Brenda Winski, RN
Memorial Medical Center
Johnstown, Pa.
bwinski@conemaugh.org
