Hi A little while back I asked a question about suction units, I thought in may be worthwhile summarising the responses.
There are a number of devices out there being used, common ones being: Laerdal LSU's Clements (possibly Hivac and Hiflo models) Devilbiss 7305's (common in the paediatric setting) Medela Clario Some hospitals seem to have made a conscious choice ie are standardised, others have an unstructured mix that happens by default, like ourselves.. In addition to the above I am aware of a the Vacumax unit and the S-Scort duet, both of which are seeing some use. We have divided our patients into approx 5 categories ranging from low use (<3 uses/day) to high end (>20/day) including a need to be compact/portable in some instances. We are hoping to get it down to 2 standardised units, trials will be commencing shortly (I hope). Adrian
