Catheter balloons

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  1. What do you use to inflate catheter balloons?

    • 3
      normal saline
    • 4
      sterile water
    • 0
      whatever's handy
    • 11
      whatever came in the kit
    • 0
      something else

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Specializes in ICU.

What do you use to inflate catheter balloons?

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Specializes in ICU.

The reason that I ask is that in school I was taught to only use sterile water. The rationale was that saline could allow crystals to form in the balloon or port that will prevent deflation of the balloon later. Have you ever seen/heard of this happening?

trent

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