runoff is also a serious haz-
ard if it pools anywhere
near electrical wires on the
floor.
Those risks can be avoid-
ed with these closed, direct-
to-drain methods for collect-
ing and disposing of fluid
waste.
• Wall-mounted disposal.
You capture fluid waste in
reusable or single-use
closed containers and
attach filled containers to
wall-mounted drainage
units, which automatically empty the contents and pump them into
the sewer. This is a cost-effective and safe method of fluid waste
management.
• Mobile collection units. Self-contained mobile units can be rolled
into and out of ORs and positioned around the rooms to make fluid
management efficient and unobtrusive. Suction tubing extends from
several ports on the unit to collection pouches on surgical drapes,
instruments with built-in evacuation ports (our orthopedic surgeons,
for example, work with arthroscopic shavers that feature integrated
fluid removal ports) and floor-based wicking devices or suction mats.
The mobile units have a variety of suction pressures that you can
adjust based on the amount of fluid being produced during the case.
Staff have essentially no contact with fluid waste, which is suc-
tioned into the large-capacity mobile units. The units are easy to push
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