ASEPT Pleural Drainage System Features
Includes:
- 600mL Evacuated bottle with drainage line
- One Procedure Pack that contains:
- 1 CSR wrap
- 3 Alcohol pads
- 2 pair Gloves
- 1 Foam catheter pad
- 6 Gauze pads, 4" x 4"
- 1 Blue emergency slide clamp
- 1 self-adhesive dressing
Evacuated Drainage Bottle:
- Manufactured with shatterproof, non-glass, Medical Grade Plastic for needle-free, safe and secure containment of bio hazardous fluids
- Bottle scaled in 10ml increments
- Clear plastic tubing with pinch clamp
- Green vacuum indicator plastic cap
- Luer lock connector with protective cap
- Green tube with vacuum release clamp
- Not Made with DEHP
Indications For Use:
ASEPT Pleural Drainage System is used for long term, intermittent drainage of symptomatic, recurrent, pleural effusions, including malignant pleural effusions and other pleural effusions that do not respond to the treatment of underlying disease.
Step By Step Guide
Instructions for Use
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Precautions:
- Federal (USA) law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.
- This product contains dry natural rubber (latex).
- It is recommended to limit drainage to no more than 1,000ml from your chest at any one drainage procedure; 2,000ml from your abdomen during any 24 hour period. The volume of fluid removed should be based on directions from the treating physician.
- Potential complications of access and drainage of the pleural cavity include, but may not be limited to, the following: re-expansion pulmonary edema, pneumothorax, laceration of lung or liver, bleeding, hypotension/circulatory collapse, wound infection, and empyema.
- Potential complications of access and drainage of the abdomen include, but may not be limited to, the following: laceration of liver or bowel, hypotension/circulatory collapse, electrolyte imbalance, protein depletion, ascites leakage, peritonitis, wound infection, tumor growth in the catheter tunnel, and loculation of the peritoneal space.
Warnings:
- Do not reuse. Intended for single patient use only. The reuse of this single-use device can affect safety, performance and effectiveness, exposing patients and staff to unnecessary risk.
- It is not uncommon to feel some pain or cough when draining fluid. If you feel pain when draining, clamp the drainage line to slow or stop the flow of fluid for a few minutes. If you don’t feel better after doing this, contact your nurse or doctor and withhold further drainage.
- Do not use scissors or other sharp objects near the ASEPT Drainage Catheter.
- Keep the valve on your ASEPT Drainage Catheter clean and the end connector of the drainage line sterile.
- This product and its packaging have been sterilized with Ethylene Oxide. Ethylene Oxide is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or reproductive harm.
