How are CAPD exchanges done?
Do your CAPD exchanges in a well-lit room that has no pets, dander, strong breezes, or fans. Having pets or a breeze blowing in the room may increase your risk of getting an infection. • Supply list: Collect the following supplies and place them on a clean table close to where you will be doing your CAPD exchange: • Clean water and soap. • Dialysate bag. • Waste product bag. • “Y”-shaped tubing. • IV stand. This is needed so that you can hang your dialysate bag on it. The stand should have a hook at the top to help hold the bag in place. The dialysate fluid drains into your abdomen by gravity. Because of this, the bag needs to be hung up higher than the level of your abdomen. • Disposable (single use) medical gloves. • Medical mask to wear over your face while doing CAPD. • Tubing clamp, and a piece of soft cloth. Use the cloth as padding between the clamp and catheter when you are clamping the catheter tube. This will decrease the chance that the clamp will make a hole or crack in the
