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I am a Pulmonary CNS and need more information re: home health nurses changing adult trach tubes in the home. Does anyone have a home health policy for this procedure? I have mixed thoughts about doing this in the home. Most of our home vent patients...

I am trying this question a second time from a different perspective. I have been asked to change out the trach tubes for adult ventilator dependent pts. ( new cuffed tubes every month). I am a little uncomfortable doing this in the home with the min...

Thank you for your responses. They were all very helpful. I just wonder how common it is for nurses to do this procedure in the home. I suspect that home mechanical ventilation is not that common. We currently have 5 patients. One family does th...

Thank you for taking the time to respond. Do nurses in your agence change out the entire trach tube in the home?

Thanks, but I am the one trying to write the policy for our agency. I am curious as to what other agencies are doing. Is there another place on this website that I could post this question?