Continuous collection and disposal
Skyline Medical | Streamway System
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FYI: The wall-mounted, direct-to-drain
Streamway System delivers unlimited
capacity for continuous collection and dis-
posal, eliminating the need for suction can-
isters and, with them, staff's risk of expo-
sure to fluid waste. An illuminated touch-
screen panel controls suction levels and
displays volume measurements, and an
automated cleaning cycle makes turnover
simple.
User's view: Frances Hahn, RN, BSN, CNOR,
clinical coordinator at the Blue Bell (Pa.)
Surgery Center, used the Streamway
System for fluid waste management at her
previous facility, and often wishes she still
had one on hand.
"We had a three-port model, and it main-
tained suction no matter how many ports we used,"
she says. "The scope, the shaver and the Puddle
Guppy were all hooked up to it and suction wasn't
affected, so the surgeon kept good visualization."
It wasn't just the physicians who preferred it. "The nurses were thrilled
they didn't have to empty canisters or switch over to the next one," she
says. "If nurses are watching and moving canisters, they're not paying
attention to the patient. And taking time away from the patient is a safety
issue.
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