Hi John,
I've been around too long for that mistake. I'm talking about TWO different
procedures. Vinegar flushes my catheter, and bleach flushes my reusable
leg-bag after I take it off.
I change my catheter once every two months. Thanks for the info. Stay
Strong.
With Love,
CtrlAltDel aka Dave
C4/5 Complete - 31 Years Post
Texas, USA
"John S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dave,
DO NOT FLUSH YOUR BLADDER WITH BLEACH! Because of bleaches toxicity as an
internally used chemical, I was inspired to write the thread a few weeks ago
asking if any of you prevent urine from the bed bag tube from running back into
your bladder. A local nursing home cleans the bed bags with bleach and water
then reattaches it to the SP catheter. Everyone in the home has awful and
persistant infections while taking assorted anti biotics daily. I personally
called the doctors of record about 2 patients that were showing signs of fatal
reactions to macrodantin. (I'm amazed nurses are so afraid of doctors that they
won't do such things.)
Maybe its in the hippa rules not do anything to save Med/Med patients.
So, here is a new trick to try if you have an SP catheter. Attach a small leg
bag to your catheter and leave it there. Do Not disconect it. When transferring
bed bags and other leg bags, simply attach them to the drain side of the
permanent leg bag.
Goal: Adding an extra barrier to germs and chemicals and reducing infections.
My big question is, why do you flush your bladders? Don't you change your
catheter once a month?
Even when folks say they use sterile techniques with replacement of
catheters, there are new bacteria introduced. If you are as incredibly sterile
about your technique, the best you can achieve is to be clean.
good luck and best wishes,
john
----- Original Message ----
From: David K. Kelmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 2:55:23 PM
Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Irrigating indwelling or suprapubic catheters
Hi Eric,
How do you open your tube? Do you also flush the leg/bedside bags with a
vinegar mix, too? I flush out my tubing and bags with a 10/1 bleach/water mix,
and then throughly dry and reusable bag parts.
With Love,
CtrlAltDel aka Dave
C4/5 Complete - 31 Years Post
Texas, USA
Eric W Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
correct
Eric W Rudd
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message-----
From: Danny Hearn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 1:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Irrigating indwelling or suprapubic catheters
Eric....for the mix with water, You use the White Vinegar-----Correct?????
Dan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/26/2007 7:52:20 PM Eastern
Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Yep...i use to get sterile h2o from pharmacy then they said they could no
longer do it so was getting it online. Then they said they couldn't so I
had no choice...thought, u know, if my cath is clogged, we don't take the
time to use sterile h2o, so, lets try it. Have been using tap h2o & vinegar
everyday...no problems & clear cath.
Eric W Rudd
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message-----
From: KK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 6:28 PM
To: Eric W Rudd; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Irrigating indwelling or suprapubic catheters
Eric - tap water? Our water has all sorts of "stuff" in it. I only use
sterile water & only when I have started passing clots.
what is wrong with distilled water? about 70 cents a gallon.
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