poor material-shh shh bag

the urine bag that the ward is currently using must had been the champion after that intenstive 'survey' that was conducted last yr. i remembered having to write down how we felt in regard with the different brands' urine bag. ease of usage, etc.

its good that this new urine bag comes with a holder so we don't have to worry abt running low on those holders. but the complaint i had is its material. yes, the material of the bag is rather weak! on numerous occasions the holes that were meant for the holder had been torn and had to be secured with tapes to ensure the bag can be held in place. another evidence on how weak the material was that 1 day as i was sponging a patient i found the bedsheet kept getting wet! i was wonder why, afterall it was a new sheet and i had not placed any wet cotton/ wipes on it. then... i realised that the urine bag was punctured by the holder! that's why when the bag was placed on the bed, the urine actually was leaking out from the bag instead from the valve! *faint* i had to change the bedsheet 2x during 1 bedsponging. then on yet another occasion, there was a rather restless lady placed on IDC. she kept tugging it and when she realised she can't pull out the IDC from her body, she turned to pulling the tube connecting to the urine bag towards herself (imagine, the urine bag was hang from the cotside). then i realised a pool of water on the floor right below the urine bag. yes... the part where the tube connect to the urine bag was leaking! wow.. powerful lady sia... or should i say weak urine bag?!

i wonder did the company manufacturing these shh shh bag did any QC check before pushing out of its factory. not only its a sub-quality product, it also pose a risk of infection (UTI?) to the already not so well pple using it. hmm... food for thot, ya?