Can you reuse PleurX drainage kit?
If the bottle has lost its vacuum, repeat the drainage procedure with a new drainage kit and bottle. If you still have no fluid draining, there may be no extra fluid in your chest.
Is PleurX dressing change sterile?
A kit specifically designed to access the PleurX Catheter for drainage of pleural and ascetic fluid. The kit contains a drainage line, with a roller clamp to control rate of drainage, a vacuum bottle, and a sterile procedure pack with gloves, valve cap, slide clamp, alcohol swabs and dressing supplies.
How often should a PleurX dressing be changed?
To care for your PleurX drainage catheter, you will: Inspect your catheter every day. Drain the fluid from your pleural space every day or as directed by your healthcare provider. Change your dressing regularly, at least once a week.
How do you change chest tube dressing?
Cleanse site with chlorhexidine or povidone-iodine swab sticks. Cleanse the first 2″ of the chest tube with the antiseptic, starting where it exits the skin. Repeat x2 and allow to dry. For Trauma Service patients only- apply Xeroform around the chest tube at the insertion site, making an air-tight seal.
How often should PleurX dressing be changed?
What does Brown pleural fluid mean?
A distinctive iodine-like brown colour of pleural fluid may represent elevated iodine content and should raise consideration of metastatic thyroid cancer as a cause for a pleural effusion.
How do you change the dressing on Pleurx catheter?
End of catheter outside dressing Slowly peel off the paper center panel and frame. Smooth and press the dressing down onto the skin to make sure it’s completely secure. Throw the paper center panel and frame away. Clean your hands. You’re now done changing your PleurX dressing.
What should the color of a PleurX drain be?
The PleurX catheter drainage color should be between pink and red, but report any changes in color to your doctor’s office. A slight cough or chest discomfort is normal while the fluid is draining, but you should slow or stop the drain if the pain is severe or persists.
What is a PleurX drainage catheter?
Fluid may build up around either one or both lungs. A PleurX drainage catheter (flexible tube) can be placed in your chest to drain the fluid from your pleural space. This can make it easier for you to breathe. Arrow (up) icon. Your PleurX drainage catheter may be placed by an interventional radiologist or an interventional pulmonologist.
How do I use the Pleurx procedure?
Take off the paper holding the drainage line in a coil. Throw the paper away. Place the access tip on the blue wrap. Put on the gloves in the PleurX Procedure pack. Be careful not to touch anything else in the pack. Tear open the 3 alcohol pads, but don’t remove the pads from their pouches.