10/06/2025
SUB flush - nurses, put yourself forward!
Here is a patient who has a subcutaneous ureteral bypass device.
A device which sits between the kidney and the urinary bladder, replacing the ureter in the case of an obstruction.
The port sits beneath the subcutaneous layer. A huber needle is then placed into the port and flushed with an EDTA solution.
This maintains patency and breaks down debris which may have built up in the device.
This device is subcutaneous and not in the abdomen.
Which means that nurses can flush the devices, while the vet uses the ultrasound to visualise the device.
If you are doing this in practice, please put yourself forward to perform the flush procedure!
