Use innovative thinking to improve patient experience - innovation of urinary indwelling catheter

Use innovative thinking to improve patient experience - innovation of urinary indwelling catheter

"After taking off the protective cap of the drainage tube, fix it on the lower 1/3 of the drainage tape, then fold the drainage tube and insert it..." Li Ting, the head nurse, is in the Rehabilitation Medicine Department of Shanxi Yingkang Lifespan General Hospital. Let me explain to everyone the "an indwelling urinary foley catheter with a flow-stopping function" that she designed and invented. This invention not only brings convenience to nursing work, but also protects the health of patients.

In the 16 years since he has been engaged in nursing work, Li Ting has always adhered to the concept of "unity of doctors and patients, patients first". At work, she deeply cultivates her professional nursing skills and does her best to do basic nursing work; in life, she also does not forget to base herself on the needs of patients and use innovative inventions to provide patients with more comfortable and high-quality nursing services.

"The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine is different from other departments. Most of the patients treated here are patients with stroke, and a large number of them require indwelling ureteral catheters," Li Ting said.

During the nursing process, to prevent patients with indwelling urinary catheters from causing retrograde infection of the urinary system, urine collection bags need to be replaced twice a week. Patients with neurogenic bladder also need to regularly clamp the urinary catheter.

In the past, nurses used metal binder clips for fixation. However, metal binder clips need to be prepared separately. Not only are they easy to lose, they may also cause pressure damage to the ureteral catheter, and cannot achieve the desired effect.

To this end, Li Ting tried a new fixation method: using tape to wrap the catheter. But in actual operation, this method is not convenient. In order to ensure the clamping effect, the tape often needs to be wound many times. Repeatedly removing and sticking the tape is not only a cumbersome process, but also easy to leave obvious offset marks on the catheter, which not only affects the appearance but also makes the work convenient.

There are many inconveniences in the operation of clamping a urinary catheter, so Li Ting decided to innovate and iterate on the drainage bag to better meet the needs of patients and improve the patient's medical experience.

Deep thinking in "observation", innovative nursing equipment to solve problems

Just do it. In his free time, Li Ting found paper and pen and started to conceive a sketch. He searched for information and literature through the Internet; he collected and studied cutting-edge discoveries from other hospitals... In order to achieve the optimal solution, Li Ting drew one drawing after another. .

On this day, Li Ting saw the "transparent cap" that protected the interface removed from the drainage tube connection. Suddenly, an idea broke into her mind, "Isn't this the best material?" So she tried to protect the drainage tube. The cap is wrapped and fixed on the drainage tape with medical tape, then the drainage tube is folded and inserted into the "transparent cap", and then the "transparent cap" is screwed into the protective cap. Unexpectedly, the catheter clamping effect was successfully achieved on the first try. So Li Ting made many more attempts. After repeatedly comparing the effects, Li Ting wrote this method into written materials.

In this way, "an indwelling urinary catheter with a flow-stop function" designed by Li Ting was born. This invention can not only close and open regularly, but also effectively clamp the urinary catheter to facilitate daily nursing work; it also realizes the connection of drainage tubes. The waste reuse of the "transparent cap" that protects the interface effectively saves medical costs; it also effectively improves the patient's medical experience.

The equipment is convenient and simple to operate, and the operation is not difficult. The high practicality made the invention highly praised by medical staff and patients once it was promoted. Nurses in other departments also began to promote and use it in the department after seeing it, and it was successfully implemented. The template is copied.

When receiving the utility model patent certificate issued by the State Intellectual Property Office, Li Ting said that he was not proud of the patent certificate, but seeing the patient's relaxed brows and understanding smiles. In her opinion, a small improvement in clinical nursing work can reduce patients' pain and improve their medical experience.

From "Jaffe Salt Bag Pressure Pack" to "Li Rui's Improved Drainage Bottle" to "Li Ting's Improved Indwelling Urinary Catheter", each invention patent is displayed in front of patients, which has greatly improved clinical care.

In recent years, Yingkang has been committed to serving everyone's life through technology and service innovation. This time, the Nursing Department of Shanxi Yingkang Lifespan General Hospital is building a platform to showcase nursing innovation capabilities, tapping the potential of nursing staff, inspiring nurses to use innovative thinking to solve clinical problems, and continuously improving patients' medical experience. In the future, the nursing team of Shanxi Yingkang Lifespan General Hospital will continue to promote learning and improvement, touch the spark of wisdom, and continue to innovate, so that more medical and nursing inventions can be applied in clinical practice and better serve patients.

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