Manufactured by ICU Medical, the Lopez Enteral Valve incorporates clinically proven stopcock technology with ENFit connections to improve both patient and caregiver safety. For enhancing medication delivery, Enteral Feeding and suctioning procedures, this Lopez valve creates a direct path to an enteral system without requiring healthcare workers to directly open a line. The resulting protective mechanism helps reduce their exposure to the patient’s gastric fluids and bloodborne pathogens and limits superfluous line manipulations and disconnections.
Benefits of the Lopez Enteral Valve
Protecting healthcare workers as they administer medications, this Lopez valve:
- Helps reduce exposure to potentially infectious bodily fluids and gastric secretions.
- Allows for streamlined, straightforward gastric lavage without splashing risks.
- Allows for direct access to an enteral system without requiring the worker to open its lines. This varies from traditional open systems, which require cumbersome manipulation of suction lines and NG tube plugs, take longer to use and need drainage to be suctioned out.
- Limits accidental connections to vascular, respiratory or epidural lines and potential patient complications.
- Utilizes stopcock technology, which allows for the administration of medication with an NG syringe without having to disconnect a suction or feeding line.
- Assists with continuous gastric irrigation, permits the administration of medications via feeding tubes and increases absorption of those solutions by preventing the medication from mixing with the enteral solution.
Lopez Enteral Valve Components
- Polycarbonate valve body
- Low linear density polyethylene valve core
- Polyethylene cap
- Vinyl adapter tube
- Universal adapter included
Product Specifications
- Product Number: M9000
- Non-sterile
- Latex free
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