Farco-fill^® Protect

Farco-fill Protect

Patient A had been having issues with his urinary catheter for over a year, with urinary bypassing and catheter blockages. This resulted in the patient having to consistently call out the District Nursing Service to address these issues and he required frequent re-catheterisations, often on a weekly basis. The District Nursing Service began routinely visiting every day to provide urine PH checks and bladder washouts, to prevent these issues as possible. He was then commenced on a trial of Farco-fill and within a few months his catheter management significantly improved. The urine PH decreased from being consistently alkaline to neutral, which allowed him to receive weekly saline washouts rather than Suby G. He experienced much less frequent urinary bypassing and his catheters were consistently lasting the planned 4 weeks before being changed. As a result of the improvements after this initial trial period, the patient no longer required routine bladder washouts, therefore his visits were reduced to weekly then monthly for routine catheter changes. The patient and his carer both stated how they felt this product had helped improve his quality of life. The District Nursing team also felt using Farco Fill had been beneficial, not just for the patient themselves, but improving caseload management, with a reduction in both call outs and planned visits in this case.

Farco Fill Protect

I am a specialist continence nurse in the community and for many years have been dealing with difficult catheter problems alongside my community nurse colleagues and one of the main problems is the constant blocking leading to patient discomfort from bypassing and leakage of urine or the patient being unable to pass urine at all. Catheter maintenance solutions have their part to play but often the catheter then just blocks again within a few hours or days. The nurses are called out at all hours which is not only interrupting their time within their already busy schedule but is costly as more often that not a new catheter is required.Briefly Farco Fill Protect (FFP) replaces the sterile water that is in the catheter balloon and does its magic by working on the encrustation formed on and within the balloon to remove it.Hence since using this product on those patients that constantly block, has changed the life of many a patient as their catheter needs changing 4 weekly now instead of every week or twice a week or even every other day! They are able to plan a social life, book their next catheter change appointment and be released from constant worry of ‘when is my catheter going to stop draining’.I have found that since introducing FFP to our staff and patients that this has helped save time and money for our organisation and most importantly improved the patients quality of life.Catheterised patients have many issues and FFP is something we can offer to help. It can be used in conjunction with other management strategies or on its own.I hope this testimonial is of use as it is a reflection of my experience since using it.

Farco-fill Protect

My District Nursing team decided to trial me with this product. My catheter had been getting blocked every few days or so. When they first used Farco-fill Protect, the period between catheter changes was much longer, say 2-3 weeks instead of my previous "3-4 days"I was extremely pleased with the results of Farco-fill Protect. Unfortunately, they decided to stop using Farco-fill Protect and put me back on the original solution.I don't know the reason, and can only presume it was the cost?

Not had so many blockages and infections since using this product

Since I have been having this product in my catheter, life has been so much better. I no longer get sediment building up round the balloon which has made it much easier when having the catheter changed, which used to be very painful. I’ve not had so many blockages or infections.

The benefit for the patients has been immeasurable

Farco Fill has been an extremely successful product for some of our patients experiencing regular urinary catheter blockages. It has not worked for everyone, however for those it has worked for the benefit for the patients has been immeasurable. The patient stories are very powerful; a patient in his nineties can finally go out to his chess club as his catheter is more reliable now, another patient was experiencing catheter blockages several times a week requiring unscheduled nursing care visits and trips to Urology in the middle of the night - since commencing Farco Fill this has ceased and the catheter is now lasting four weeks.