Information for home health care
When you intend to discharge the patient after implantation, the home health care provider needs information to organise the aftercare. It is therefore advisable to inform ewimed as soon as you plan to implant an indwelling catheter. In this way, we are able to provide timely training to the home health care provider.
In addition to information about the patient’s health condition, the home health care provider will need our contact details, the catheter ID card (if available) and a hospital discharge letter containing the following information:
- Where is the indwelling catheter for long-term intermittent drainage located?
(Pleural effusion left/right, ascites left/right, multiple catheters) - Two incisions were made during implantation.
The skin sutures should be removed after about 7 – 10 days and the drain fixation sutures around the catheter after about 30 days. - A recommended drainage protocol helps home health care personnel.
For education and patient well-being, it is very helpful if you communicate the drainage amount and frequency. Remember to add “and more often if necessary” to the drainage protocol. This allows home health care to drain more often in case the amount of fluid produced changes over time. - Please ask the home health care provider to contact us for training on how to use the drainage set, if they have not already been trained.
- Make sure that home health care has drainage sets, or has time to order them, before planning to drain the patient for the first time.
Please give them our brochure Information for physicians and health professionals (Swedish). You can order these from us free of charge:
Ordering information for home drainage
Drainage with gravity
Art.no. 50-7505
ewimed drainage set
2000 ml, 10 pieces/ case
Drainage with soft-vacuum
Art.no. 2010
drainova® drainage set
2000 ml, 10 pieces/ case
Drainage with gravity
Art.no. 50-7504
ewimed drainage set
400 ml, 20 pieces/ case
Drainage with vacuum
Art.no. 50-7510
PleurX™ drainage set
1000 ml, 10 pieces/ case
or
Art.no. 50-7500B
PleurX™ drainage set
500 ml, 10 pieces/ case
Text proposal for hospital discharge letter
The hospital discharge letter should include:
“ewimed is happy to help you if you have questions about PleurX™/PeritX™ (or drainova®) indwelling catheters for drainage of pleural effusion and ascites.
Drainage sets can be ordered from ewimed by email info.se@ewimed.com or phone 08-25 11 69. “
We will be happy to provide you with a complete proposal for a hospital discharge letter
