Cleaning ET tubes

Re: Cleaning ET tubes

les punton — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:28:39 GMT

we get ours from dunlops ........... I love the smell mmmmm

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bumble bee — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:51:10 GMT

We use miltons for our ET tubes with no probs at all. Really like the idea for intubeaze !! First wash tubes with preferred cleaner & then soak according to directions for babies bottles for 15mins. Rinse & use.

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FINNIGAN — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:34:49 GMT

medizyme dog and cat tubes, then cat tubes are autoclaved, dont know why we just autoclave the cat ones tho, (these are all the red ones too)

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Sal the 1st — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:29:31 GMT

do they still make novasapa? - must admit I used to hate the stuff!

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Liv — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:34:39 GMT

could someone please exppand on why cats could get rattling chests if not soaked for an hour? a reaction thing?

i did not realise this, and we have had a couple of cats a little rattly after GA's- unknown why- not on fluids etc- so could this be a sign the tubes havent been rinsed enough?

thanks

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les punton — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:10:22 GMT

we clean as everyone else suggested but have used novasapa cold steriliser in the past - doesnt seem to cause any deterioration to rubber (obviously well rinsed and dried afterwards)

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Nick Shackleton — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:14:58 GMT

[quote user="Juliet Drummond"]

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It went on to say that babies were more likely to get thrush from items not cleaned properly, mothers lips, pacifiers

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hmmmm - interesting

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oh and when they are born too........

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Juliet Drummond DAVN (med) RVN D32/33 — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:13:38 GMT

[quote user="Nick Shackleton"]

It went on to say that babies were more likely to get thrush from items not cleaned properly, mothers lips, pacifiers

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hmmmm - interesting

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Nick Shackleton — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:29:37 GMT

It went on to say that babies were more likely to get thrush from items not cleaned properly, mothers lips, pacifiers

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Vicky RVN — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:18:19 GMT

Oh!

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Nick Shackleton — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:03:17 GMT

Well I had a read on the Milton website and it states that it kills thrush so figure that one out........

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Vicky RVN — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:18:26 GMT

Me neither!

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Juliet Drummond DAVN (med) RVN D32/33 — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:02:51 GMT

interesting point re milton, i did not know that.

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Lesley Stinson — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:06:38 GMT

I have previously worked with a homeopathic vet and we found that milton can cause Thrush if not diluted correctly or rinsed well enough. A lot of babys develope Thrush when Milton is used for sterilising bottles.

Washing and soaking with a fresh Hibi solution we found is better

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Phrin Vernon RVN — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:06:16 GMT

Phew! lol!

Although saying that I know / have known some colleagues who wash in hibi, then leave to dry over the taps to dry - thus getting splattered with hibi and no rinsing or sterilisation!

Did make me / makes me very frustrated!

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Juliet Drummond DAVN (med) RVN D32/33 — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:01:38 GMT

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We soak in medizyme, scub, rinse and soak in meddis, followed by a thorough rinse.

Juliet - is it really supposed to be an hours rinsing after meddis? Eeek! Would soaking in clean water for an hour suffice?

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sorry phrin, thats what i meant to say- soak for an hour, not running water.

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Juliet Drummond DAVN (med) RVN D32/33 — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:01:36 GMT

[quote user="Phrin Vernon"]

We soak in medizyme, scub, rinse and soak in meddis, followed by a thorough rinse.

Juliet - is it really supposed to be an hours rinsing after meddis? Eeek! Would soaking in clean water for an hour suffice?

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sorry phrin, thats what i meant to say- soak for an hour, not running water.

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Phrin Vernon RVN — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:47:27 GMT

We soak in medizyme, scub, rinse and soak in meddis, followed by a thorough rinse.

Juliet - is it really supposed to be an hours rinsing after meddis? Eeek! Would soaking in clean water for an hour suffice?

Re: Cleaning ET tubes

Vicky RVN — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:36:34 GMT

We clean with hibi then soak in milton, never had a prob.

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Juliet Drummond DAVN (med) RVN D32/33 — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:10:12 GMT

we use milton (after a good scrub with hibi).

we did use meddis, but unless you ensure the rinse time of one hour, the problems occur- we had rattling cat chests.

our tubes are a mixture of pvc (2mm to 10mm cuffed and un cuffed), and magill red rubber 11mm to 14mm ( i have yet to fine a suitable pvc alternative)

magill tubes tolerate repeated autoclaving, but the portex connectors will melt.

our tubes are stored in drawers, i dislike the et tube racks- open to dust etc.

one tip when using milton, it does tend to discolour the pvc tubes, and leaves a residue in the creases of the cuff. we always inflate the cuffs before immersing them in the milton, prevents above issue, and tests cuff too.

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S-J — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:55:18 GMT

ours get soaked in medizyme then get a through scrubbing inside and out then we bag and autoclave them seperatly.

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GremlinNurse — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:48:13 GMT

Thanks for the link, had found a few others but that was the most useful :)

She didn't say why, might just be changing habits...am surprised the intubeaze nozzle idea went down so well TBH!

Watch this space :)

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Geniverger — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:46:58 GMT

Our ET tubes often end up soaking in Medizyme with the kits until we come to clean everything (time- and space-saving to put everything in one bowl) then they get scrubbed with hibiscrub, scrubbed inside with a pipe cleaner (or bottle cleaner for the big ones) and then soaked for 30 minutes in Medis. After that they are rinsed for 2 minutes under running water to make sure there's nothing left on them. We do the same with our oesophageal stethoscopes and never have any problems with either.

Re: Cleaning ET tubes

Maisy — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:31:23 GMT

Hi,

Here is another thread with a bit more info:

http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/forums/t/5626.aspx

But for ET tubes, a thorough scrub with Hibi, rinse and then soak in Milton or Medizyme is efficient. Over time prolonged Hibi soaking can ruin the red rubber tubing more so I would imagine if they are regularly left in solutions overnight. Milton is fine for tubes though - did your colleague say why they thought it wasn't okay?