Supplies and the home

5 guides on this theme

What needs to be ready at home before care: supplies, storing products, hygiene, sharps disposal, and setting up a room for a dressing or an infusion. The guidance here follows the public references listed at the foot of the page.

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  Cover and billing

  Chronic wounds at home: what the nurse does, week by week

  A wound that has not healed after six weeks becomes a chronic wound. Here is what home care actually involves: assessment, protocol, monitoring, warning signs and the exact role of everyone involved.

  Written by Julie Martin · 24 August 2026 · 3 min read

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  Cover and billing

  Home infusion and IV antibiotics: what actually happens

  IV line, implanted port, pump, intravenous antibiotics: what home infusion really involves, what is monitored, what should raise the alarm and who steps in when something goes wrong.

  Written by Julie Martin · 24 August 2026 · 3 min read

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  Coordination

  Home blood draws: what really decides whether a result is reliable

  Between the needle and the laboratory analyser, a tube goes through a critical hour. Here is how the practice organises timing, patient identification, transport and result handling with local laboratories.

  Written by Julie Martin · 24 August 2026 · 3 min read

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  Organising care

  Pressure sores and falls: the two risks that unfold between visits

  Both complications build up outside our visits, in the hours when nobody is there. What relatives can watch for, and when to call us.

  Written by Rabah Slimani · 23 August 2026 · 4 min read

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  Supplies and the home

  Insulin, dressings, syringes: where and how to store them

  The storage mistakes we see most often in homes, and how to avoid them without turning the kitchen into a pharmacy.

  Written by Julie Martin · 5 August 2026 · 4 min read