Storage of chest drains, nasal 02 tubes, foley catheters etc

Re: Storage of chest drains, nasal 02 tubes, foley catheters etc

Mairead Deasy — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:40:14 GMT

MANY THANKS for the tips.

Am off to buy some hooks today!

Mairead

Re: Storage of chest drains, nasal 02 tubes, foley catheters etc

Phrin Vernon RVN — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:59:09 GMT

[quote user="Catherine Raymond"]

We use old Metricure cases for our catheters. They work fantastically well.

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Oooooh! I am in mixed practice, so may well have to try the metricure case thing

Re: Storage of chest drains, nasal 02 tubes, foley catheters etc

Phrin Vernon RVN — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:57:54 GMT

We store then in a divided, labelled drawer.

We don't have the wall space for anything else! Think teeny tiny prep room!

Works ok, but we have to be careful which dog catheters we order - the NVS ones packaging isnt flexible to it breaks sterility to bend it into a drawer. Most of the other makes are OK tho, as is the Cooks stuff and foleys.

Re: Storage of chest drains, nasal 02 tubes, foley catheters etc

Catherine Raymond — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:27:23 GMT

We use old Metricure cases for our catheters. They work fantastically well.

Re: Storage of chest drains, nasal 02 tubes, foley catheters etc

Nick Shackleton — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:32:12 GMT

I prefer the hook idea, not because I suggested it but think it looks neater and when you want something, especially in an emergency you don't have to faff around un-clipping and trying not to throw the others on the floor in the process.

Re: Storage of chest drains, nasal 02 tubes, foley catheters etc

BengalcatRVN — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:36:43 GMT

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We've got some on bulldog clips.

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That's what I think I was thinking of!

Re: Storage of chest drains, nasal 02 tubes, foley catheters etc

Vicky RVN — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:35:25 GMT

We've got some on bulldog clips.

Re: Storage of chest drains, nasal 02 tubes, foley catheters etc

BengalcatRVN — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:25:25 GMT

You could use clips to hold them togeather in sizes and then use coat hooks, no risk of sterility ruining.

Re: Storage of chest drains, nasal 02 tubes, foley catheters etc

Steph Worsley — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:17:51 GMT

we use the buster collar racks you can get, same as nick said punch hole in the top of the packaging where it doesnt break sterility

Re: Storage of chest drains, nasal 02 tubes, foley catheters etc

Laura Ringsell — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:03:41 GMT

It depends on how many you need to keep in at any one time of course but I stick ours to the inside of long cupboard doors with micropore - can always see the dates too which helps.

Re: Storage of chest drains, nasal 02 tubes, foley catheters etc

Nick Shackleton — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:42:48 GMT

Or 'S' hooks on a metal pole

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00011536

Re: Storage of chest drains, nasal 02 tubes, foley catheters etc

Nick Shackleton — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:37:35 GMT

Coat hooks!

using a hole punch make a hole in the packaging (ensuring that you don't breach sterility) and then up in size order.

Making it easy to select the ones you want.