Understanding the Challenges
Nursing staff are often limited to providing patients with large safety pins and metal lanyards to lift and secure surgical drains and evacuators, like what Amy was given.
Evacuators must be lifted because as the patient heals, they become heavy and filled with fluids from the body, thus pulling uncomfortably on the patient’s wounds.
For many patients having experienced a double mastectomy, eight surgical drains and evacuators are common. The use of pins and lanyards are not only uncomfortable and cumbersome for the patient, but also unsanitary and time consuming for nursing staff to secure these on a patient’s gown.
Often, the surgical drains and evacuators become lost or tangled in the bed sheets, get caught on knobs or furniture, and even in the mechanics of recliners.
The C.U.D.D.L. Pouch meets all of these challenges and solves these problems!!