Silver Nitrate

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Stacie Ethington
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Silver Nitrate

Hello.

We have some NICU providers that use silver nitrate for trach cares. If this is practiced at your organization, do you take any special precautions? Is it treated like a bedside procedure? Time out performed?

Thanks,
Stacie Ethington MSN, RN-BC
Nebraska Medicine