'A toilet for canisters on the wall'
Bemis Health Care
Quick-Drain Waste Management System
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FYI: The Quick-Drain system connects to existing plumbing and its oper-
ation requires no electricity. Staff transport Bemis suction canisters or
liners to the installed system and it drains the containers, flushing the
fluid waste into the sanitary sewer
system with water. A built-in rinsing
feature washes out the canisters for
disposal with non-biohazardous
waste.
User's view: "You want your surgical
suites to look and smell clean,"
says Carolina Madrid, RN, nurse
manager at the Digestive Health
Endoscopy Center in Fayetteville,
N.C. "Fluid suctioned from the
colon and flushed down the hop-
per doesn't look or smell good. We
needed something that was more
contained and safer."
She and her colleagues observed the Quick-Drain in action during a
site visit to another facility. They were impressed by its simplicity.
"First of all, the size was very small. It fits in the corner of our utility
room," says Ms. Madrid. "Also, maintenance is easy. There aren't that
many moving parts that can break down. It's a simple device, basically
a toilet for canisters on the wall.
"You put the container in, it's easy to flush, it goes straight down the
drain. No splash, no smell, no exposure," she says. "No chemicals or
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