I don't want my aunt coming back to the hospital for a 3rd time. My aunt has been sent home with an accordion drain. Also, since there is no stopcock, does this have to be a sterile procedure? Or using clean aseptic technique is okay? The nurse showed me how he does it using clean technique but I want to be absolutely sure that I'm not introducing any bacteria to the drainage system. It's my first time flushing it so after I disconnect then flush, do I reattach the catheter to the port then compress the accordion part or do I have to press the accordion first and then reattach the catheter? I am thinking of a JP drain/hemovac, those have to be compressed first before closing the port. Also, unfortunately, her drain did not come with a stopcock. What I am wondering then is if using sterile water would be harmful or not. (upselling point: the accordion style drains arent smooth, which will cause crud/and solids to build up in the folds/ripples and over time and will start to ferment & smell, which also impedes the flow of the drain).
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I asked the nurse taking care of my aunt at the hospital, he said to use sterile water. This product will attach to any luer locking drainage catheter and can remove fluids using active suction or gravity. I thought off hand that it would be with a sterile normal saline. Turn the stopcock off to the flushing port and open to the bag. The accordion catheter was developed as an adjunct to the Hawkins needle guide to provide safe single-step percutaneous drainage. Clean the flushing port with alcohol and attach the flush syringe. Turn the three-way stopcock off to the drainage bag. tube that comes from your body (B) 15 times with an alcohol wipe (D). After flushing, empty the drainage bag and record the output. Either alcohol wipes or rubbing alcohol with cotton balls can be used for disinfection. Antimicrobial Black Bellows Accordion Toilet Plunger with Black Storage Tray. Flushing the drain will keep the tube functioning properly. The doctor ordered to "flush it 2-3 times a day" with what, he did not specify. the risk of splash back Effectively unclogs toilets, sinks, and drains. My aunt has been sent home with an accordion drain. thus, if you do not have one, get one soon.Hello, my aunt just got home from the hospital from an appendectomy complication requiring drainage. as a new grad i pulled my book out almost every day to read up on procedures that i saw performed on my floor or that were performed by another nurse on my patient to prepare for the day i would need to do it myself. I compare this Handi Homes Plunger to the: - EnduraSeal Premium Toilet Plunger and the - Kinetic Black Rubber Plunger Drain Cleaning Tool My personal. i know the second option may not be the best given that some facilities are poor at evidenced based practice but hopefully you work in one that is not.īy the way, i still have the clinical procedures text book i used prior to becoming a nurse! it was not a requirement for either my adn or bsn programs but i bought it because it is detailed (unlike the books that were requirements) and it helped me perform new procedures well. if you have no access to a clinical procedures text on your floor, then try your procedures and protocols. the rationales can then be researched further using the reference list at the end of the procedure. i noticed that such books will provide rationales for every action performed clinically.
Read up on this device in clinical procedures textbook.
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