Thread: Survey: Male urinal spills
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Old 01-30-2009, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by StephSpills View Post
....... where most patients could walk to the bathroom (like emergency).

So…what’s your experience?
- Spills per shift
- Patients using these urinals per shift
- Area of work
- Clean up time
- Instances of finally resorting to a catheter
I give out more bottles in emergency than on the wards where patients are expected to ambulate as part of their treatment.

1. Average of Zero. Only had a spill once, where the patient was not listening to me explain how to use it and then didn't concentrate.
2. Depending on shift have at least 1-2 males per shift who have to use them.
3. ED at the moment, but have been in Oncology (use bathroom), Orthopedic (should use the bathroom, but day 1 after surgery they sometimes get away with the bottle)
4. About 2min. Strip, wipe with alcohol, remake.
5. Never, that is not the purpose of catheters, and miss-use can lead other complications.
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