Interesting. I have had a suprapubic for almost 4 years now and I've
never used the iodine stick. And neither have my doctors when they
changed it. We do use the sterile gloves, but I've got boxes of them.
And we make sure that nothing touches the tip of the catheter except
the KY jelly. I usually wipe around the stoma with an antibacterial
wipe before we change it. And afterwards we put a coating of
antibacterial cream around the insertion area. I've only had a couple of UTIs.
Dan
Yeah, definitely the gloves must be used, and the povedine to
desinfect the area. It's also very important that the person
changing your catheter doesn't touch anything but the steryl stuff while
doing it.
Lissette Whitehead
1177 Broadway Suite #4
Chula Vista, CA 91911
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> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] flushing bladder with supra-pubic
> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:09:06 -0600
>
> hmm dan, i think the most important part of the kit are the
"povidone-iodone
> swab sticks" sterility is good...& what? $5?
> Eric W Rudd
> [email protected]
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 6:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] flushing bladder with supra-pubic
>
>
> > I've a question for you all. I have a supra pubic and I changed the
> > catheter every two weeks. I've been using the catheter change kits which
> > include, as you all must know, sterile items such as gloves, syringe
> > filled with water, KY jelly, etc. I've been thinking I really don't need
> > all those extra things. All I really need is a syringe with
sterile water
> > and a packet of KY jelly. So, my question to you guys is, what
do you all
> > use when it's time to change your catheter?
> >
> > Dan
> >
>
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