Irrigating foleys 3x's a day- not sterile!

i think i have seen using one "set up" for the whole shift, not so sure about the whole day, and certainly not for a week.....what about a three way foley? that is what this patient really needs

i will describe what i know......worked long term care....chronic vents....a good portion of which were gtubed and foleyed...(prob. not actual words, but it works, lol)...EVERY foley on these patients was a 3 way, continually conected to the irrigant....but only irrigated qs.......200 ml of NS.......minimal UTIs and extremely rare blockage (if ever, you know the argument about using always/never).....it has been 15 years, so cant be sure if the tubing was used for 2 bags of saline, or changed with ea. anyway, even if changed with ea., it would be perhaps 5 times a week, instead of opening the system 21 times......basically the foleys were left in as long as they were working/to the point looking like they were breaking down.........they may have to order the tubing and irrigant bags for you, but i cant believe that it would be more than the way you were doing it, and better use of nursing time!....good luck