On 27/04/2005, at 3:20, lisa jones RN IBCLC RLC wrote:

> Question: Have any of you all seen a color change reation with gentian
> violet when you've used it? A fellow staff member was paining a mom's
> nipples with it and within seconds it turned an electric green where it
> had been applied to her areolas.... Any ideas?

Gentian violet is a pH indicator I believe, but googling suggests this 
occurs only at very low pHs. Could she have had something very acidic 
on her nipples (vomit is about the only thing that springs to mind)?

Alternatively, I'd worry about the source of your GV.

Lara Hopkins

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