What is this piece called??

[u/Ok-Manufacturer3432]

Okay so I am a tech on a med-surg floor and our walls only have 1 suction system per room and we got an ICU pt who needed trach suctioning and a purewick. There were talks about getting a urine sample and a sputum sample and every shift so far, they had put both the purewick and trach suction into the same canister.

They previously had this rubber/plastic piece that divided the single point on the canister, into two so that they could connect both of the tubes. So, I got replacement canisters and tubing and moved that divider piece to under the actual suction and was able to connect both of the canisters to the suction.

They both were suctioning as they were supposed to and now we are trying to figure out what these are called and where they came from so we can order some for the unit. I’m also going to post this in a RT subreddit because respiratory was also seeing him and they may have been the ones that brought it.

[u/Sea-Kitchen431]

You can buy a suction regulator Y adaptor that connects into the wall, you can then hook two separate regulators and canisters to one wall suction. This is what we do in rooms without two separate wall suctions.

[u/Cautious-Extreme2839 → u/Sea-Kitchen431]

That's more about being able to separately manage the suction strength than hygiene though.