waste bag leak

[cathys8]

Hi all
My apd waste bag leaked this morning and I am anxious that I may have got an infection? Did this ever happen to anyone else? I am reluctant to go to the hospital as I would have to go thru emergency n last time it took 10hours
Thanks
Cathy

[amanda in CA]

To be honest, I would not worry. It is not necessary to drain into a drain bag (I used yo drain into toilet). The drain line is not considered sterile and infection would have to track all the way up the waste line before you got an infection; this simply will not happen otherwise it would be standard practice for someone to drin into a sterile bag.

[amanda in CA]

I did APD for eight years and HHD only time I ever used the drain bag was when I had to do my monthly adequacy test.

[rheaybou]

I would mention it to your PD nurse and maybe just call in with a sample in the little drain bags and have bloods done, better the wait than a dose of peritonitis.

[amanda in CA]

As I have already said, if infection was a risk from the end of a drain line, it would be necessary for everyone doing APD to drain into a sterile drain bag; that is simply not the case. Many people drain into the toilet, a bath tub, a bucket. That is essentially no difference than get a leak in a drain bag. In all of these cases, the end of the drain line is exposed to the air and what is in it. If you are worried, and you want to allay your fears, then phone your nurse for her advice.

[wagolynn]

Hi cathys8,
Just clean up in the normal way.

You are OK anything in the bag came from you, so you would already have that infection. It is only of concern to someone else. Your normal hygiene procedures will protect you. Just clean-up any spillage straight away to protect others Talk it through with your PD nurse to find out why it leaked and prevent it happening again.

[cathys8]

Thanks lads for all the replies. I rang the hospital and like most if you already said I should b fine! Thank God as its a bank holiday here n the place I want to be is hospital!