We are using disposable hot/cold packs in maternity as a form of pain relief, I'd like to know what places use as an alternative to disposable items?
Disposable hot/cold packs in maternity - alternatives
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Hi Amy, we don't use these at St Mary's in Manchester as far as I am aware. Are they effective for pain and what type of pain?
That's a lot of usage - and cost. We don't have them and are no longer allowed to fill hot water bottles. I am not sure whether this comes from an incident where someone was burned or why that is the 'policy' now. Ice was abandoned a long time ago too.
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Thanks Liz. I've never been asked about them as a doctor but I think it's something the midwives give to patients with abdominal pain/back pain/perineal pain. I think we used to use hot water bottles and actually ice but now it's all disposable packs. A midwife told me they can use sometimes up to 10 a day as they only stay hot/cold for about 20mins.