Cut the contaminated tip of the tube and insert a sterile connector and reattach.
A plastic tube called a chest tube is employed to remove fluid or air from the chest. Lung collapse can result from air or fluid (such as blood or pus) building up in the pleural space, which is the region between the lungs and the chest wall.
Place the drainage system below the chest level if the patient needs to be moved while laying on a stretcher. If the tubing separates, remove the contaminated ends of the chest tube and tubing, rejoin the tubing to the drainage system, and then cut off the contaminated ends.
Keep the chest tube unclamped when being transported.
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