Penrose Drain Care Leaflet

Re: Penrose Drain Care Leaflet

Emma Purnell — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:53:10 GMT

I might post up what I have at work tomorrow, it might be of help to others as well. It is only one vet that wants it here, but seeing owners faces on discharge mean I want to make them a bit less terrified of it, I agree!

I have started with a section on why drains are placed to try to take some of the fear factor out of it, I will pop the rest up tomorrow. Any more thoughts very welcome though!

Re: Penrose Drain Care Leaflet

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:37:04 GMT

Ahh I get it now.

So how far have you got?one thing I would def put is.. do not be afraid of it, the amount of people who are afraid of drains is unreal, you would think poor wee fido/benji had had a second head attached to them the way some people react lol, anyway if I think of anything else I will let you know

Re: Penrose Drain Care Leaflet

Emma Purnell — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:28:25 GMT

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I was under the impression you do nothing with the drain for risk of infection tracking back up the drain..ie you dont touch it, unless its got a big glob of dirt from being outside.

The only other way to care for it would be to clean it aseptically, but I cant see many clients being happy doing that, and again would only be necessary if you had a lot of exudate build up from the exit area.

Just had a thought... is it the actual drain we are talking about here or the patients skin area where the exudate would be likely to stick to?

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Yeah, the leaflet is mainly to inform people why it has been put in, not to touch it, clean the surrounding area, keep buster collar on and expect fluid to leak from it!

It is very general and fairly basic, but I wondered if anyone had any gems I could add to it, my brain has mushed now I am actually trying to work on it!

Re: Penrose Drain Care Leaflet

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:21:03 GMT

I was under the impression you do nothing with the drain for risk of infection tracking back up the drain..ie you dont touch it, unless its got a big glob of dirt from being outside.

Just had a thought... is it the actual drain we are talking about here or the patients skin area where the exudate would be likely to stick to?