I don't have personal clinical experience with it, but know that many in home care especially have used it. It is not available as a commercial product yet, so it is only available from a compounding pharmacy. And you must be very careful with any alcohol product in a polyurethane catheter as those catheter manufacturers do not have any instructions for its use yet.
We occassionally do Ethanol Locks for patients. When we researched the literature it looked like 50% and 70% were most commonly used. We use a 70% solution. If you have specific questions email me directly
I don't have personal clinical experience with it, but know that many in home care especially have used it. It is not available as a commercial product yet, so it is only available from a compounding pharmacy. And you must be very careful with any alcohol product in a polyurethane catheter as those catheter manufacturers do not have any instructions for its use yet.
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, BC, CRNI
www.hadawayassociates.com
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com
Office Phone 770-358-7861
We occassionally do Ethanol Locks for patients. When we researched the literature it looked like 50% and 70% were most commonly used. We use a 70% solution. If you have specific questions email me directly
Ann Marie
Ann Marie Parry RN CRNI
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Ann Marie Parry, RN, CRNI, VA-BC
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