I started out changing mine once a month, but over time have found two month
changes works best for me.
With Love,
CtrlAltDel aka Dave
C4/5 Complete - 31 Years Post
Texas, USA
Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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." /* 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
> To: quad-list@eskimo.com
> 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 /* 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];
> quad-list@eskimo.com
> *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; quad-list@eskimo.com
> 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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