Help!! Puppy pads under or on top of a Vetbed?

Re: Help!! Puppy pads under or on top of a Vetbed?

leanne evans — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:07:08 GMT

Wow! Thanks for the response!

I didn't mean to imply that we don't wash out vetbeds! we do every time there has been an 'accident'.

Pleased to see everyone agrees with me!!

Re: Help!! Puppy pads under or on top of a Vetbed?

Tracey Louise — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:00:56 GMT

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i put pads on top if d+ v+ as that tends to stay on the surface of the vetbed and its easier to throw d and v in the bin rather than have to wash out.

But if you are trying to get urine away from the patient then u should put the pad under the vetbed, but the bottom of the vetbed will still be wet and need washing.

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Yea, I would agree with that. But to be honest, I have rarely had the luxury of being at a practice that uses inco pads.. so never really thought about where to put them! lol

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You're right they are not cheap, and are deffo a luxury in some places. We havnt always used them, but glad we do now, they are great.

We order ours in bulk from vetdirect, works out a hell of alot cheaper than the ones from nvs our wholesaler.

Re: Help!! Puppy pads under or on top of a Vetbed?

hayleyw — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:09:31 GMT

[quote user="Tracey Louise"]

i put pads on top if d+ v+ as that tends to stay on the surface of the vetbed and its easier to throw d and v in the bin rather than have to wash out.

But if you are trying to get urine away from the patient then u should put the pad under the vetbed, but the bottom of the vetbed will still be wet and need washing.

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Yea, I would agree with that. But to be honest, I have rarely had the luxury of being at a practice that uses inco pads.. so never really thought about where to put them! lol

Re: Help!! Puppy pads under or on top of a Vetbed?

Vicky RVN — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:08:21 GMT

[quote user="Tracey Louise"]

i put pads on top if d+ v+ as that tends to stay on the surface of the vetbed and its easier to throw d and v in the bin rather than have to wash out.

But if you are trying to get urine away from the patient then u should put the pad under the vetbed, but the bottom of the vetbed will still be wet and need washing.

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Snap! V+ and d+ tends to stain vetbed as well so incont pads prevents this. Also, if patients are in isolation we soak bedding in Trigene for hours so if changing whole bed each time v+/d+ when they're doing it every hour would not be able to keep up with washing!

Re: Help!! Puppy pads under or on top of a Vetbed?

Tracey Louise — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:41:50 GMT

i put pads on top if d+ v+ as that tends to stay on the surface of the vetbed and its easier to throw d and v in the bin rather than have to wash out.

But if you are trying to get urine away from the patient then u should put the pad under the vetbed, but the bottom of the vetbed will still be wet and need washing.

Re: Help!! Puppy pads under or on top of a Vetbed?

Phrin Vernon RVN — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:26:39 GMT

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Oe of my pet hates is incontinence pads on top of the vet bed. IMO it is often done to save on washing and not done to improve the welfare of the patient and they never keep the patient as dry as vet beds.

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In my case it was ignorance, and lack of brain power - every piece of bedding gets boil washed between patients (well 97 degrees as thats as hot as the washing machine goes!)

Do people really re-use bedding without washing if there has been an incontinence sheet on top?

Re: Help!! Puppy pads under or on top of a Vetbed?

Phrin Vernon RVN — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:23:23 GMT

I must admit I've never really thought about this...

Until my current job, I've always worked in places that used collection systems more times than not, those drainage grid thingies, and had a team of nurses on inpatients, 24/7, so it was never really an issue - we just changed the vetbed.

At my current practice, we don't have those luxuries, and so we do use incontinence sheets along with vetbeds - and since it has been the done thing, I've always put the sheet on top of the vet bed...

I will be changing this tomorrow

Re: Help!! Puppy pads under or on top of a Vetbed?

littlehays — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:05:49 GMT

we were always made to put them on top at my old practice - this always seemed wrong to me, especially with poor bladder cats that didn't have a urinary collection system set up (which they also rarely used) - shame that was my first nursing position with so many questionable methods....

Re: Help!! Puppy pads under or on top of a Vetbed?

Caro Laithwaite VN — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:29:13 GMT

Agree with all above esp. POHM

Re: Help!! Puppy pads under or on top of a Vetbed?

Louise B — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:53:07 GMT

Re: Help!! Puppy pads under or on top of a Vetbed?

Gillian Mostyn — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:49:12 GMT

TBH you can put anything under the vet bed - newapaper, towels etc. The idea is that the fluid passes straight through the vetbed (which is non-absorbant) and the material underneath then absorbs it.

Re: Help!! Puppy pads under or on top of a Vetbed?

Claire Coulthard RVN — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:14:32 GMT

yup,

that's what we always do at my current practice and what we did at my previous place too.