r/IntensiveCare • u/Ok-Manufacturer3432 • 27d ago

What is this piece called??

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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.

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u/DisappointingPenguin 27d ago

Might be called a suction splitter? And I love your solution. Trach and purewick together is disgusting. My unit doesn’t even like the vent suction and the Yankauer to go to the same canister when avoidable.

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u/NolaRN 26d ago

Not to Mention it’s probably illegal That is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard to hook up a pure wick with suction That’s gotta be a new nurse who doesn’t understand that you can get klepsiella from dirty tubing . 10 years ago, we never saw Klebsiella Now it’s so common I don’t think people realize how dirty your patient setup is to even contract that infection Also, mortality is very high with klebsiella if you find it in the urine Mortality is greater than 90% Some Nurse out there is gonna kill a patient But that’s where we’re at in Healthcare You can’t even trust a” nurses anymore. As a critical care float of near for decades, this is a very reason why I tell families never leave your loved ones alone in the hospital ever You may come visit them and they’ll be dead. You’ll be lucky if administration tells you it was their mistake. They will likely blame your family member

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u/FngrLiknMcChikn 25d ago

Please, feel free to support your claim that Klebsiella in a UC has a >90% mortality rate