Disposable Bedpans?

[scarlet87]

Hi everyone,

I'm not a nurse, but have a question that I wanted to ask but I'm a bit embarrassed to ask about at the hospital.

My sister just checked in for surgery, and I saw that the hospital uses paper pulp disposable bedpans. Has anyone used these before? I would think that they would just dissolve when they get wet...?

I'd never seen them before, so I'm just curious.

[JDZ344]

How are you suppose to get I&Os? Can you dump into something else, then throw out? Do they come with measuring lines?

We have special scales to weigh the liner. You can set it to 0 and then measure it to get the urine amount.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

I too have used them as well in a few places I work and great because less chance of contamination, takes a while to soften if fluids present so no risk at the side of the patients bed and was disposed of in a machine that shredded and pulped it before disposal

[Sarah010101]

have a few questions for those out there using this system.

So the used bedpans and other products go in a waste disposal thing (evidently called a "macerator" on the website). Are these small where there's one in each patient room, or is there one big one for instance in your dirty utility room?

If there's only one in your dirty utility room, how do you get the dirty bedpan to the room, put it in a red bag, carry it over, and take it out then?

There is only one in our utility room. I only use the baggie if its an isolation patient. If its not, then i usually pop a gel pack in it to solidify and bring straight to the utility and drop it in the machine. If its a really large bm or something, ill usually just wheel the entire commode to the utility.

[Chixie]

We use these disposable bowls. They are fabulous, we have the shallow 'slipper pans', the deeper bedpans which are mainly used with the commodes,vomit bowls,washbowls and the urinals.The plastic outerpans and commodes are wiped down with an antisporicidal wipe after every use.

They hold liquid for around 30 minutes before they start to break down.

The macerator we have is a nightmare as the wipes say that they can go in the macerator but they really cant as it bungs the machine up which then throws a fit and decorates the sluice room with the pulp.