From CAHPS surveys and reimbursement concerns to online reviews and word-of-mouth referrals, ensuring your patients have the best experience possible has never been so important for your bottom line.
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From CAHPS surveys and reimbursement concerns to online reviews and word-of-mouth referrals, ensuring your patients have the best experience possible has never been so important for your bottom line.
By including topical anesthetics to temporarily control the pain of needle procedures, injections, IV starts and other minor surgical procedures, you can ease patient anxiety with little effort and, consequently, improve patient satisfaction.
But there are several topical anesthetic options available, and concerns regarding immediacy, approved indications, ease-of-use, availability and pricing must be taken into consideration.
Topical anesthetic skin refrigerant
Nondrug, nonflammable formula
1,1,1,3,3 - Pentafluoropropane & 1,1,1,2 - Tetrafluoroethane
Temporarily controls the pain associated with needle procedures, injections, IV starts, venipuncture, and minor surgical procedures
Can be applied to intact skin, intact oral mucous membranes, and minor open wounds
Spray 4-10 seconds and immediately perform procedure
Topical anesthetic cream
Lidocaine 2.5%, Prilocaine 2.5%
Normal intact skin for local analgesia. Genital mucous membranes for superficial, minor surgery & as pretreatment for infiltration anesthesia
Apply cream under an occlusive dressing
Topical anesthetic cream
Lidocaine 4%
Minor cuts, minor burns, minor skin irritations, abrasions, sunburn, insect bites
Apply cream
Occlusive dressing recommended for pediatric use
Pre-sterilized, single use, disposable device which disperses medication in spray-like pattern into the subcutaneous tissue
Xylocaine
(Lidocaine)
Intended use for the subcutaneous administration of Xylocaine
Device must be filled with lidocaine
Once filled, position at a 90-degree angle to the skin and press firmly, approximately 1/8 inch into the skin
Sterile solution of lidocaine hydrochloride in water
1% or 2% Lidocaine HCl (10mg/ mL or 20mg/mL)
Production of local or regional anesthesia by infiltration techniques
Requires syringe
Dosage variance and different concentrations
Consult your pediatrician when using on children 4 years old and younger. Do not use on large areas of damaged skin, puncture wounds, animal bites or serious wounds. Do not spray in eyes. Over spraying may cause frostbite. Freezing may alter skin pigmentation. Use caution when using product on persons with poor circulation. Apply only to intact oral mucous membranes. Do not use on genital mucous membranes. The thawing process may be painful and freezing may lower resistance to infection and delay healing. If skin irritation develops, discontinue use.
CAUTION: Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a licensed healthcare practitioner.
Sources:
Sources: L.M.X. 4® Package Insert; J-Tip® Needle-Free Injection System Package Insert; Drugs.com – Lidocaine Injection; dailymed.nlm.nih.gov – LIDOCAINE-PRILOCAINE; L.M.X. 4® is a registered trademark of Ferndale IP, Inc.; J-Tip® Needle-Free Injection System is a registered trademark of National Medical Products, Inc. *All pricing information via Merative Micromedex®/RED BOOK® Online (electronic resource), Merative, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Available at: https://www.micromedexsolutions.com/, (cited 3/16/2023). The range provided accommodates price per dose. Price may also vary by distributor and quantity (volume) of product ordered. Based on 5 second spray of Gebauer’s Pain Ease Medium Stream spray from 116mL sized can (1.6-2.8 mL). Based on 1-5 g dose of LIDOCAINE-PRILOCAINE. Based on 1-5 g dose of L.M.X. 4. Based on doses of 0.5-3 mL, 1-2% injectable lidocaine. The manufacturer of J-Tip Needle Free injection system does not report pricing to Redbook.