RE: Foam for immobilizing foot/hand

["Feldman, Gerald" <gfeldman@msx.ndc.mc.uci.edu>]

Two additional points:

1) These materials often get HOT when they work.  Make sure the material is
not going to burn your patient.

2) If you are going to use foam-in-place materials for medical use they must
be approved by the FDA (as a "medical device") for that use.  

Gerald Feldman
gfeldman@uci.edu
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Bugg [mailto:BRUCEB@psc.state.ga.us]
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 1999 2:47 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: RE: Foam for immobilizing foot/hand


Expanding foams are used in the packaging area all the time (similar, if
not identical to the "crazy foam" prdoducts you get at Home Depot, etc).
Be careful about the product you choose, most of the one's I've seen say
to avoid skin contact, so you'd have to wrap the area in plastic or
something to prevent that. You would also need to check for any
off-gassing fumes, I guess...

Bruce Bugg

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Wes Van Pelt [SMTP:VanPeltW@idt.net]
> Sent:	Saturday, May 15, 1999 16:11
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	Foam for immobilizing foot/hand
> 
> Hi Radsafers,
> 
> I wonder if any of you medical types know of a foam product which
> would make a
> "mold" of a hand or foot such that it could be repositioned exactly
> for a nuclear
> medicine scan at a later date.
> ... ... 
>
> Regards,
> Wes
> --
> Wesley R. Van Pelt, Ph.D., CIH, CHP                KF2LG
> President, Van Pelt Associates, Inc.
> Consulting in radiological health and safety.
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