NICU Educator tranparency...I get asked about Vashe but have never used it....so I did some digging...

As a NICU nurse educator and content creator, I kept getting questions about Vashe, but I have never used it in any NICU. So I went digging. Vashe is a hypochlorous-acid wound cleanser. It has antimicrobial activity and is designed to cleanse wounds while being relatively gentle to healing tissue. What I found particularly interesting is that there is neonatal experience with hypochlorous acid products, including case-based literature, but the neonatal evidence is still much smaller than the adult wound-care evidence. So where might it fit? Potentially in selected neonatal wounds or areas of skin breakdown when you need a wound cleanser and when its use is supported by your wound-care team or unit policy. What it is not: ❌ A routine baby wash ❌ A moisture barrier ❌ A replacement for CHG or Betadine before line placement ❌ Something every area of diaper dermatitis automatically needs My biggest takeaway from researching Vashe? Know the category of the product before deciding whether it belongs on the baby. 📚 As a recap of the 3 weeks of skin care, I created a sample skin-care guideline/policy you can use as a baseline for your unit. Comment “Skin Care Policy” to receive a copy! #creatorsearchinsights #whatisnicu #fyp #nicu #nursesoftiktok