Thursday, December 22, 2011

How does the V.A. hospitals get away, like Kaiser, with a 3 piece catheter-leg tube-leg bag urine system ,,, instead of a 2 part system with may less failures of urine spills in beds, on carpets, at dinner tables ??

My 93 yr old Dad is a multiple decorated WW2 Navy officer veteran registered with the V.A. and Kaiser insurance-hospital policy member.  A real live, not dead, hero of the Pacific War.


Yet the V.A. , and Kaiser, use Hollister-brand slip on and slip off connectors for the leg bag and leg hose, instead of a Coloplast-brand combined unit with less failures and urine spills and a permanent, secure fitting between the leg bag and leg tube.


Why do both the V.A. and Kaiser get away with using high failure rate stuff instead of better stuff !!?


Let's sick "60minutes" on them both.
Ha.