Hi someone sent an earlier mail regarding attaching old used drip bags with new giving sets to urinary catheters - not a well known fact but make sure each drip bag has had suction applied with extracting at least 40mls (may need more in Dgs) of air (use syringe & needle in injection port of drip bag to do this) before leaving bags to collect urine - this will create instant vacuum pressure & will prevent retrograde hydronephritis & allow urine to drain faster & therefore your patient much more comfortable!!! Male cats also benefit from having the giving set taped to their tails to prevent potential drag on their prepuce!!!
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Hi Eva
I don't know if you have found out in the mean time already but you can use a Luer Lock adapter for tomcat catheters called 'Little Herbert'
Great tip. I wonder if anyone knows of an attachment that can be used to join the slippery Sam to a giving set? We have a patient in at the moment which has a slippery Sam in place and i cannot attach a giving set as they don't have the leur connection. Any ideas would be gratefully recieved. X
I applied this tip at work a few weeks ago and it worked very well
Thank you will take your titbits on board! :}
Thanks - interesting!