Dear Jill,
You do not need to use alcohol to neutralise phenol, therefore its unlikely to have been the causative factor here!. Your Phenol soln. may well be beyond
its recommended shelf life, the problem in using out-dated phenol is the strength of the solution increases.

Regards
Dyn Parry



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><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Request for advice!!!</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Approximately 4 weeks ago I performed PNAs on three
>people.&nbsp; After phenolisation, I use hibitane in alcohol to neutralise the
>phenol.&nbsp; All 3 patients have reported considerable pain particularly the
>first night post-op. and are experiencing very slow healing of the sites.&nbsp;
>Since this has never before happened to me, I set about trying to identify the
>common denominator which may have caused this reaction.&nbsp; I have since
>isolated the fact that the hibitane solution had not been made up with alcohol
>as I had assumed!!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hence, I presume&nbsp;these poor patients have
>suffered phenol burns.&nbsp; My question is:&nbsp; what do I do now??????&nbsp;
>The areas of concern are now not painful but are still moist and are simply
>taking too long to heal adequately.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any advice warmly welcomed!!!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jill</FONT></DIV>

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Dyn Parry BSc(Hons) PgCert(Pod) SRCh MChS
Podiatrist, Oakdale Medical Centre
Editor, Podiatry Magazine & Podiatry Online
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