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Hospital Alert Systems for Lymphodema Arms
Posted by SoniaWhite48 on 16 May 2012, 07:57AM
I was wondering if anybody else has had experience with hospitals and alerting them that they cannot access your mastectomy / lymphodema arm for blood pressure cuffs or bloods?
If so, what policy/measures did that hospital use and or how did you make sure your arm was not compromised?
When I had my mastectomy and axiliary lymph node clearance a year ago, the local private hospital used a pink armband to denote the lymphodema arm that was not to be used for blood pressure cuffs or needles to take blood.
