Description of Event or Problem · 1
I HAD BEEN USING STERILE PADS GIVEN TO US BY THE (B)(6) CARE CLINIC TO COVER PUNCTURES AND SCRAPES FROM A DOG BITE ON MY SON'S LEG. I PURCHASED EXCHANGE SELECT STERILE PADS - MANUFACTURER: ASO LLC, (B)(4) - WHEN I NEEDED MORE. I HAVE BEEN USING THE EXCHANGE SELECT PADS FOR ONE DAY. I USED ONE ON THE EVENING OF THE (B)(6) AND ONE ON THE MORNING OF THE (B)(6). YESTERDAY EVENING, HE BEGAN COMPLAINING OF ITCHING UNDER THE BANDAGE. WHEN I REMOVED THE BANDAGE, THERE WAS RASH FROM CONTACT DERMATITIS DIRECTLY UNDER, AND IN THE SHAPE OF THE PAD. I CLEANED THE AREA WELL AND USED A DIFFERENT BRAND OF PAD FROM OUR FIRST AID KIT. THE RASH IS NOW CLEARING UP. WHILE THIS IS NOT A LIFE-THREATENING REACTION, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE EXCHANGE SELECT PADS CAUSED A RASH - SOMETHING HE HARDLY NEEDED ON TOP OF THE DOG BITE.