Neotech Meconium Aspirator®
Meconium Removal Device
Features
- Designed to eliminate mouth suctioning of meconium
- Suction control port for intermittent suctioning
- Attaches to most endotracheal tubes
- Featured in the Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation*
- N0102 (yellow) allows for easier identification
- Not made with natural rubber latex or plasticizer DEHP
- Individually packaged
Neotech’s revolutionary Meconium Aspirator, which appears in the “Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation,” has created a safer way to aspirate meconium from newborns’ lungs. It is conveniently compatible with most endotracheal tubes; additionally, it comes in both clear and yellow and features a suction control port for use when infants need intermittent suctioning for safety. Clinicians praise it for its ease of use and its 20-year track record of safe application.
Directions for Use
- Step-1: Connect barbed end of Neotech Meconium Aspirator to suction line.
- Step-2: Set the suction pressure at 80mm Hg or less.
- Step-3: Intubate patient with proper ET tube.
- Step-4: Connect 15mm I.D. end of Neotech Meconium Aspirator to 15mm O.D. ET tube adapter.
- Step-5 Block thumb port with thumb to begin suctioning.
- Step-6: Suction for two seconds or less at a time, and then repeat until the meconium is fully removed. Suction meconium intermittently.
- Note: For intermittent suctioning, unblock the thumb port to stop suctioning. Block the thumb port again to continue suctioning.
- Step-7: Continue to suction while ET tube is withdrawn.
- Step-8: Discard after use.
INDICATIONS FOR USE
- The Neotech Meconium Aspirator is designed to suction meconium from a newborn’s upper airway.
CAUTIONS & WARNINGS
- Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.
- Single patient use only.
Specifications
| Cat No. | Colour | Qty/Unit |
| N0101 | Clear | 40/box |
| N0102 | Yellow | 40/box |
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