Needing a Tubex!

Hi!!

Does anyone know where I can get the blue plastic tubex's?? I would like to get a few if I can find them. I have tried looking just about everywhere. We have one in our entire hospital (small hospital!!) and it was thrown in the sharps container today.

Thanks!!
We get ours from pharmacy. Have you tried asking them?

Same, we get ours from pharmacy as well. :/ Good Luck!

hee hee you reiminded me; we were cleaning out a closet last week and found an old metal one...some of our newer grads didnt know what it was...us old ladies were telling some tales!!

I hope you find one. I have been carefully guarding my tubex for 10 years now. I'd be lost without it.

And I have not used one in years, very easy to do things without it.

We get ours from Pocket Nurse. It is a cool company and prices are good.

Is this what you are talking about?...http://www.pocketnurse.com/sc/detail...tem=06-59-8502

The tubex has made a comeback at our hospital too! Heparin now comes in pre-drawn syringes (safety first!) that require a tubex...what a pain!

We had to use one during nursing school (in fact the guy that founded Pocket Nurse graduated from our nursing school some years back) but when I brought it onto my job this summer I was about laughed off the floor. They haven't used carpujets in years. Everything is pretty much diluted anyhow with ns flushes. At least that's the policy at our hospital.

Chenospirit....yes that is what I am talking about. We order bulk from Pocket Nurse (I teach nursing) and they are very common in certain regional areas. For instance. Almost all narcotics in this area come in prefilled tubex's, so you need a tubex, carpujet or you can withdraw from the slim glass tubex into another syringe/needle combo. Pocketnurse sells different types and most to schools, ems and clinics. When I work in ER or ICU, I always have my own blue carpujet in my pocket, you never know what you might have to give.ERDude

What is a tubex??? I never heard of it before.

Quote from Piki Everything is pretty much diluted anyhow with ns flushes. At least that's the policy at our hospital.