CRRT-effluent bag nightmare

[ericaolsen]

Hi All! I am curious to know what other facilities do with their effluent bags from the prismaflex machine?? Where do you empty them? Do you reuse them? Any answers would be appreciated!

[ilikesharpthings]

In my ICU, I rig up a IV pole near the in-cabinet toilet in the room. I tape a suction tubing up by the top hook and drape it into the toilet. Then I hang the effluent bag and hook the tubing to the drainage port, open it, and let it drain into the toilet. I have 2 bags going so that I can just change them whenever the bag fills and needs to be changed.

[Wile E Coyote, ASN, RN]

In my ICU, I rig up a IV pole near the in-cabinet toilet in the room. I tape a suction tubing up by the top hook and drape it into the toilet. Then I hang the effluent bag and hook the tubing to the drainage port, open it, and let it drain into the toilet. I have 2 bags going so that I can just change them whenever the bag fills and needs to be changed.

Pretty much this. Multiple effluent bags that we rotate through use, passively emptying into the toilet with suction tubing taped to the rim of the bowl. Easy-peasy.

[AMR21, BSN, RN]

We empty into the hopper in the dirty utility. New bag every time.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Moved to Dialysis/Renal

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

Empty into the toilet and reuse.

[NurseRies, BSN, RN]

Only good for 24 hours and always have a sterile cap on the piece that touches the circuit. Label the bags w a marker. Effluent bags drained wth suction tubing on an IV pole, just rotate them.