Sampling Catheter

BALLARD* Mini-BAL Sampling Catheter

Proven to enable a more accurate diagnosis for more targeted antibiotic treatment.

The AVANOS BALLARD* Mini-BAL Sampling Catheter is a telescoping catheter that safely samples a patient’s lower respiratory tract secretions, giving physicians the data they need to make an accurate lung infection diagnosis and prescribe targeted antibiotic treatment.⁶

Using bronchoalveolar lavage as a tool to help diagnose lower respiratory tract disease has been shown to reduce both antibiotic usage and healthcare costs.²

The BALLARD* Mini-BAL Sampling Catheter has a soft, directional tip that allows safe and quick retrieval of lower respiratory tract samples. This can help avoid the false negatives and false positives seen in an estimated 23% of endotracheal aspirate cultures.² These secretions from the distal airway can help identify infectious pathogens of the lung for a microbiologically confirmed diagnosis.

Helpful features of the tool includes a suction tube adapter, directional oxygen port, atraumatic tip, and suction tube adapter. Clinicians have multiple models available to them, varying in the size of the outer EVA catheter and inner PVC catheter.

The Mini-BAL Sampling Catheter comes EO sterilised in 13fr or 16fr. Designed for use with the AVANOS* Multi-Access Port System.

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Features

Features

Directional tip allows right or left lung sampling
Maintains PEEP when used with supplied ventilator adapter
Features a soft, cushioned, radiopaque tip for safe sampling from the lower lung
The non bronchoscopic BAL procedure has been shown to help target or de-escalate antibiotic therapy in an estimated 60.7% of patients receiving initial broad spectrum therapy
Bronchoscopic sampling utilising a protected specimen brush and non bronchoalveolar lavage shows good overall agreement among quantitative cultures
Convenient AVANOS* Mini-BAL Catheter Prep Pack includes all accessories needed to quickly perform non bronchoscopic BAL at the bedside

Benefits

Benefits

Equips physicians with the power to target antibiotic treatment and reduce antibiotic use and healthcare costs. Nonbronchoscopic BAL enables physicians to reduce unnecessary antibiotics, discontinuing antibiotic use an estimated 21.5% of the time as a result of the nonbronchoscopic BAL procedure being performed,⁵ leading to reduction in antibiotic use and healthcare costs.⁵ With this power of targeted treatment, BALLARD* Mini-BAL Sampling Catheter can help you in the fight to protect your patients from ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Procedure can be performed bedside in minutes by trained respiratory therapist or other trained clinicians
The nonbronchoscopic BAL procedure has been shown to help target or de-escalate antibiotic therapy in an estimated 60.7% of patients receiving initial broad spectrum therapy.
Bronchoscopic sampling utilising a protected specimen brush and nonbronchoalveolar lavage shows good overall agreement among quantitative cultures.
Convenient BALLARD* Mini-BAL Prep Pack includes all accessories needed to quickly perform nonbronchoscopic BAL at the bedside

“An accurate microbiological diagnosis of VAP is likely to be the key element in ensuring appropriate antibiotic coverage [and] limiting the use and duration of empirically prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotics.” ²

Order Codes

Order Codes

Order Code	Outer Catheter	Inner Catheter	Packaging
142	16 fr	12 fr	5/Case
143	13 fr	8 fr	5/Case

References

References

American Thoracic Society Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Hospital-acquired, Ventilator-associated, and Healthcare-associated Pneumonia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, V. 171, 388-416 (2005).
Fujitani, S, Cohen-Melamed MH, Tuttle RP, Delgado E, Yasuhiko T, Darby, JM. Comparison of semi-quantitative endotracheal aspirates to quantitative non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage in diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia. Respiratory Care, November 2009 V. 54, No 11, 1453-1461.
Kollef MH, Ward S. The influence of mini-BAL cultures on patient outcomes: implications for the antibiotic management of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Chest 1998: 113(2); 412-420.
Yu VL, Singh N, Excessive antimicrobial usage causes measurable harm to patients with suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia. Intensive Care Med 2004:30(5): 735-738.
Ost, DE, et al. Decision analysis of antibiotic and diagnostic strategies in VAP. Am J Respir Care Med, 2003; 168(9): 1060-7.

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