Every Second Matters for Mothers and Babies – Uterine Balloon Tamponade (ESM-UBT) is a product of the Vayu Global Health Foundation designed in collaboration with the Division of Global Health and Human Rights, Massachusetts General Hospital. ESM-UBT (Figure 1) was developed to control Uncontrolled Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) in resource-poor settings.
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Figure 1. a) Every Second Matters for Mothers and Babies – Uterine Balloon Tamponade (ESM-UBT) package. b) ESM-UBT package made of 8 components: 1/Instruction card, 2/2-way Foley catheters (retention catheters), 3/Condom, 4/Check valve for injection site, 5/O-Rings, 6/Povidone-iodine prep pads, 7/Catheter Holder, and 8/Syringe.
Each ESM-UBT package components is requires to meet the specifications listed below:
- Instruction card
- Copyright 2013 Massachusetts General Hospital
- 2-way Foley catheters (retention catheters)
- 24 French 5cc balloon (5mL balloon volume - 8.0mm body thickness - 16’’ length)
- Have Double lumen for have a draining lumen (for condom) and a balloon. The condom’s valve should accept a separate check valve (Luer lock)
- Made from Silicon
- Sterile
- Condom:
- lubricated surface
- Made from latex
- Classic straight shape and standard size with no color
- Check valve for injection site
- One-way valve
- Luer lock inlet accept the syringe
- Outlet fit in the draining lumen of Foley catheter
- Sterile
- O-Rings
- Elastic
- 5/8 inches (~1.5cm) internal diameter
- Povidone-iodine prep pads
- Pads saturated by ≥10 povidone iodine solution
- Medium size or bigger
- Catheter holder
- Syringe
- 60mL volume
- Injection site accept check valve (Luer lock)
- Sterile