Veterinary Medicine - January 2009 - (Page 36) Anesthesia techniques PEER-REVIEWED How to make a soaker-type catheter The following materials are needed: • 3.5-, 5-, or 8-F red rubber catheter • Sterile scissors (Mayo/ sharp-blunt) • Sterile Halsted mosquito forceps • Heat source, such as a cigarette lighter • Sterile 3-ml syringe • 27-ga needle (found on insulin syringes) • Sterile infusion plug • Sterile gloves • Sterile drape Step 1. Use sterile scissors to remove the tip of a red rubber catheter proximal to the large hole at the distal end, cutting the catheter to the desired total length. Step 2. Seal the distal end of the catheter with mosquito forceps and a heat source either by clamping the end of the catheter with forceps and having a nonsterile assistant heat the instrument a short distance from the catheter or by heating the forceps and then clamping the catheter with the hot tip. Avoid heating the catheter directly as it will char and possibly catch fire. In addition, conduct heat or open flame application away from oxygen sources or other combustible gases. 36 January 2009 VETERINARY MEDICINE
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