I was told to change my SP every 3 weeks. 2 months seems like an awfully
long time.
Dan
David K. Kelmer wrote:
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] <mailto:[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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