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How to use this type of mucus extractor?



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Jul 23, 2009 11:31 AM

How to use this type of mucus extractor?





Option 1: connect the "control valve" to the green end & then to the suction force; connect the "suction catheter" to the white end

Option 2: connect the "control valve" with the "suction catheter" and then to the green end; connect the suction force to the white end

Which option is correct? or both are okay?

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Old Aug 05, 2009, 03:19 PM

Default Re: How to use this type of mucus extractor?
This looks to be a sputum trap to collect a sputum sample. The green end gets placed to your suction catheter and the white end goes to the suction regulator. There is a urinary catheter shown in the picture below which would not be used to suction sputum but you would you a tracheal suctioning catheter which would have a male end to it which would fit into the green end.
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