Leaking Catheters

February 21, 2012

LEAKING IS NOT NORMAL OR REASONABLE

I have talked with many people who do blocks -and some who do LOTS of blocks that are not bothered by leaking peripheral nerve catheters. “They just leak” is what they say like it doesn’t matter really and it can’t be helped anyway. Some (forgive my directness) don’t think that their catheters leak (much) when they actually do. Do you know how often and how much your catheters leak? Sometimes I think that I am being too dogmatic in my approach to how I dress my catheters (or other little ‘particulars’ that I have), but recent experience has brought me back to what years of experience has taught me on this point. First, catheters should not leak…ever. Second, it does matter for several reasons.

To keep catheters from leaking …

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