Petroleum jelly myth
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Petroleum jelly myth

Philip Woodrow , Practice Development Nurse Critical Care

In the otherwise excellent article, ‘Oxygen therapy for older people’, in your last issue, the myth of not using petroleum jelly (eg Vaseline) on patients’ lips if they are receiving oxygen is perpetuated.

Nursing Older People. 16, 6, 41-41. doi: 10.7748/nop.16.6.41.s19

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