Quick Start
NXT Go Owner’s Manual, LBL-00145, MAN2030
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2.7.2.3
Bladder Fluid NXT Catheters
Scan the SmartSense tag located on the catheter’s packaging. Ensure the
catheter is logged into the Synergy
Consumable Traceability
window.
Aseptically remove the catheter from its package and apply a light film of water-
based lubricant to the distal end. Catheterize the patient.
For female patients
: Insert the Bladder Fluid NXT catheter 8-10 cm for single
sensor, 12-14 cm for dual sensor.
For male patients:
Insert the Bladder Fluid NXT catheter 8 cm plus penile length.
Do not force if resistance is met.
Connect the catheter to the corresponding Pura or Pves Pressure Channel
Connector’s pressure measurement tubing.
Attach a sterile fluid filled syringe to the side port of the pressure measurement
tubing’s stopcock. Ensure to purge air from the disposable cartridge, pressure
measurement tubing, and catheter lumens. Refer to Figure 13.
NOTE:
If using perfusion, set up a second IV bag with a pressure cuff to maintain
constant flow.
2.7.2.4
Abdominal Fluid NXT Catheters
Scan the SmartSense tag located on the catheter’s packaging. Ensure the
catheter is logged into the Synergy
Consumable Traceability
window.
Aseptically remove the catheter from its package and open all luer caps. Attach a
four-way stopcock to the Pabd pressure lumen.
Fill a 10cc syringe and attach it to the side luer of the stopcock. Hold the catheter
so that the balloon is pointing upward.
a.
For the dual lumen catheter, infuse solution from the filled syringe into the
catheter to force the air inside the catheter to ascend then discharge out
of the purge lumen. After all air has been removed from the catheter,
close the luer cap on the purge lumen. Collapse the balloon by
withdrawing the fluid from the catheter with the syringe.
b.
For a single lumen catheter, ensure to fill a 10cc syringe with 5-7cc of
solution. Hold the catheter so that the balloon is higher than the
stopcock. Open the stopcock to the syringe and the catheter and aspirate
all air from the balloon. Infuse 4-5cc of solution into the catheter to
slightly distend the balloon. Repeat aspiration and infusion until no air
remains in the balloon.
Finish preparation with the balloon collapsed and the stopcock off to all luers.
Apply a light film of water-based lubricant to the balloon and insert the catheter.
For female patients:
Insert the Abdominal Fluid NXT catheter into the rectum
10-15 cm, past any stool that may be present, along the anterior wall of the
rectum. Alternatively, insert vaginally in the posterior fornix, just behind the
cervix, at the level of the cul-de-sac of Douglas.
For male patients:
Insert the Abdominal Fluid NXT catheter into the rectum 10-
15 cm, above the prostate, past any stool that may be present, along the anterior
wall of the rectum.
Open the stopcock to the syringe and the catheter and infuse approximately 1-
1.5cc of solution.
Status DRAFT Effective
