PLEURAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM dry, 1X2L, ster. (Pleurevac S1100)

Disposable pleural drainage system with dry suction and dry seal.

Patient air can exit through a valve which opens automatically on expiration and then immediately closes to prevent atmospheric air from entering during inspiration.

Refer to the Instructions For Use for full operating and set-up instructions.

Setup instructions

Connect patient drainage tube to thoracic catheter to establish one-way seal for patient protection

For air-leak diagnostics, add pre-packed 20ml sterile fluid to air leak meter through needleless injection site. fill to 20ml line. (the fluid is not a water seal)

If suction is required, connect the suction source to suction port. If gravity drainage is prescribed, suction port should remain uncapped and free of obstruction

Adaptation of suction

The unit is preset at -20cm of water

Rotate the dial to the prescribed suction level. The dial clicks in place. Increase source suction until the orange float appears in the indicator window. Source must be capable of delivering a minimum of 6 liters per minute airflow.

If the orange float falls out of the indicator window, the suction must be increased. If the orange float still does not appear: check to make sure that all connections are secure and the suction tubing is not kinkedn clamped or occluded.

Use of the negative pressure indicator

During gravity drainage, the negative pressure indicator may intermittently indicate a negative pressure in the collection chamber with patient respiration. During suction drainage, the pressure indicator should indicate a negative pressure continuously.

The negative pressure indicator does not confirm drainage tube patency.

Use of the high negativity relief valve

When suction setting is changed from a higher to a lower setting, the patient negativity may remain at the higher level unless the negativity is relieved. Use the filtered high negativity relief valve located at the top of the unit to reduce patient negativity to desired level. Depress the button to manually rekief excess negativity.

Caution: if suction is not operative, or if operating on gravity drainage, depressing the high negativity relief valve can reduce negative pressure within the collecytion chamber to zero (atmosphere), with the resulting possibility of a pneumothorax.

Use of the high positive pressure relief valve

The positive pressure relief valve opens automatically with increases in positive pressure if the suction tube or port is blocked, minimizing the risk of tensio pneumothorax. Negative pressure is limited to +/- -50 cm of water.

Use of the air leak meter

The patient air leak meter quantifies the size of an air leak from 1 (low) to 7 (high). The higher the numbered column through the bubbling appears, the greater the magnitude of the air leak.

Indicated for pneumothorax, hemopneumonthorax, broncho-alveolar fistulas.
Especially needed for none-resolving pneumothorax. It would be safer and better for patient to apply suction rather then put in another chest tube.