By Michael Miller, RPSGT
This tip comes by way of a third party. I was conducting a meeting last week with Sue Hoefs, hopefully she doesn’t mind the shout out but I like to give credit where it is due, and she suggested a tech tip that I had never heard of. She mentioned that she suggests to all her coworkers to keep a small container of baby power inside their hook up box to prevent “sticky wires”.
My first thought was ewwww, because I thought she was referring to wires that had not been cleaned properly. The expression on my face must have mirrored my thoughts, because she quickly explained that it was a preventive measure that helped the unhooking and cleanup process. She further explained that lightly coating the wires with a small amount of baby powder prevented wire tangling during the unhooking process by allowing them easily “slide” apart. Sue also told me that the baby powder provided a barrier that alleviated tape residue from building up on the wires, making easy the cleaning process.
Having never applied this technique to my hook up procedure, I am anxious to learn of its effectiveness. Please don’t hesitate to leave a reply in our newsroom (www.neurovirtualnews.com) upon reading this tech tip.
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