Does use of the method require help from hospital staff?
The use of manual scalp cooling caps is entirely supported by patients and requires no additional resources.
- Patients place the order directly with the manufacturer via its website, ideally one week before their treatment begins. Expedited delivery is sometimes possible, even the next day. Patients prepare from A to Z and arrive on the day of treatment with their scalp cooling caps, their required equipment, and their companion.
- The patient can change their cooling caps themselves, but the presence of an attendant is an important key factor for success. Even in times of health crisis, hospitals grant an exemption for the use of cooling caps by allowing the presence of the attendant. The Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, issued a recommendation to this effect on February 26, 2023, encouraging the collaboration of hospitals in such a context.
- The patient vacates his chemotherapy chair at the same time as another patient and does not require additional time in the room.
- To make life easier for patients, it is best to schedule treatments from Tuesday to Friday, as the supply of dry ice is not possible on Sundays, and patients collect the required dry ice the day before their treatment.
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