Hospice & Palliative Care
The Macy Catheter® was designed to help hospices reduce costs while improving patient care.
I will never go back to my prior practice and will continue using the Macy Catheter.
Based on my experience on our hospice inpatient unit, the Macy Catheter is faster than subcutaneous in controlling pain with opioids and I am able to control pain with less opioid dose adjustments. It is also very effective in most instances in quickly controlling terminal agitation and other symptoms. It saves nursing time and decreases medication cost and waste.
Dr. Wendy Schmitz, MD
Vice President of Medical Care – Ohio’s Hospice
I will never go back to my prior practice and will continue using the Macy Catheter.
Based on my experience on our hospice inpatient unit, the Macy Catheter is faster than subcutaneous in controlling pain with opioids and I am able to control pain with less opioid dose adjustments. It is also very effective in most instances in quickly controlling terminal agitation and other symptoms. It saves nursing time and decreases medication cost and waste.
Dr. Wendy Schmitz, MD
Vice President of Medical Care – Ohio’s Hospice
The Macy Catheter: An Alternative Route that Works
This 3-minute clip summarizes how Ohio’s Hospice at Dayton implemented the Macy Catheter and the reasons why the agency ultimately decided to adopt the device as a standard of practice.
Which patients benefit from administration via the rectal route?
The rectal mucosa is highly vascularized and composed of a high percentage of absorptive cells, so medications work more quickly and more effectively when administered via this route.
The Macy Catheter can be a more cost effective, easier way to keep patients in the setting of their choice. Because placement is non sterile, any licensed clinician can perform the initial insertion. Caregivers/family members can administer medications and reinsert the catheter if necessary.
The Macy Catheter is well-suited for rapid control of severe symptoms. The device is especially relevant when the patient’s oral route is compromised.
Mild or moderate symptoms can sometimes be managed with the sublingual route. However, if the medication volume is too large for effective sublingual absorption or if the patient has heavy secretions, then the Macy Catheter is a logical alternative. The device removes risk of aspiration and the patient will not be subjected to the frequent interruptions and terrible taste associated with sublingual administration.
Symptoms may include:
Pain • Agitation • Shortness of breath • Fever • Seizures • Nausea and vomiting
Which patients benefit from administration via the rectal route?
The rectal mucosa is highly vascularized and composed of a high percentage of absorptive cells, so medications work more quickly and more effectively when administered via this route.
The Macy Catheter can be a more cost effective, easier way to keep patients in the setting of their choice. Because placement is non sterile, any licensed clinician can perform the initial insertion. Caregivers/family members can administer medications and reinsert the catheter if necessary.
The Macy Catheter is well-suited for rapid control of severe symptoms. The device is especially relevant when the patient’s oral route is compromised.
Mild or moderate symptoms can sometimes be managed with the sublingual route. However, if the medication volume is too large for effective sublingual absorption or if the patient has heavy secretions, then the Macy Catheter is a logical alternative. The device removes risk of aspiration and the patient will not be subjected to the frequent interruptions and terrible taste associated with sublingual administration.
Symptoms may include:
Pain • Agitation • Shortness of breath • Fever • Seizures • Nausea and vomiting
Why the Macy Catheter?
Palliate severe symptoms without IV or SubQ medications.
Medication and fluid administration is easy for you and comfortable for the patient.
Patented and FDA-cleared to provide rectal access for administration of medications and fluids
Safer and more comfortable method of medication administration than other options like IV and SubQ
Easy set-up, maintenance, and drug disposal
Discreet (After the initial insertion, which is painless, the catheter is accessed at the patient's thigh or abdomen)
Reduces revocations
Can be placed by any licensed clinician
Why the Macy Catheter?
Palliate severe symptoms without IV or SubQ medications.
Medication and fluid administration is easy for you and comfortable for the patient.
Patented and FDA-cleared to provide rectal access for administration of medications and fluids
Safer and more comfortable method of medication administration than other options like IV and SubQ
Easy set-up, maintenance, and drug disposal
Discreet (After the initial insertion, which is painless, the catheter is accessed at the patient's thigh or abdomen)
Reduces revocations
Can be placed by any licensed clinician
Resources
Publications and product information can help you learn more about the Macy Catheter.
White Paper
Learn about the clinical benefits of rectal administration via the Macy Catheter for hospice and palliative care patients.
Fact Sheet
Learn why the Macy Catheter can be an optimal administration option in both inpatient and home settings.
Resources
Publications and product information can help you learn more about the Macy Catheter.
White Paper
Learn about the clinical benefits of rectal administration via the Macy Catheter for hospice and palliative care patients.
Resources
Publications and product information can help you learn more about the Macy Catheter.
Fact Sheet
Learn why the Macy Catheter can be an optimal administration option in both inpatient and home settings.
Wondering exactly how the Macy Catheter works?
Featured Webinars
Post acute thought leaders cover topics, challenges, and trends within the industry via webinars hosted by Hospi Corporation.
The mental and emotional injuries that accompany trauma are readily identified. Less recognized are the insidious wounds that occur with trauma and indeed with all of us when we become separated from our real selves. In this webinar, Deborah Grassman–CEO of Opus Peace–discusses how to re-own, re-home, and revitalize scattered pieces of self by cultivating personal intimacy with the part of the self that carries our emotional pain.
Dr. Christopher Kerr, MD, Ph.D.–CEO and CMO of Hospice Buffalo–and the Hospice Buffalo research team have used an evidence-based approach to study the end-of-life experiences of over 1,400 dying patients and their families. This webinar reviews these studies, which highlight the characteristics and content of end-of-life experiences as well as their effect on post-traumatic growth. The talk also includes videos of patients and their families.
The mental and emotional injuries that accompany trauma are readily identified. Less recognized are the insidious wounds that occur with trauma and indeed with all of us when we become separated from our real selves. In this webinar, Deborah Grassman–CEO of Opus Peace–discusses how to re-own, re-home, and revitalize scattered pieces of self by cultivating personal intimacy with the part of the self that carries our emotional pain.
Dr. Christopher Kerr, MD, Ph.D.–CEO and CMO of Hospice Buffalo–and the Hospice Buffalo research team have used an evidence-based approach to study the end-of-life experiences of over 1,400 dying patients and their families. This webinar reviews these studies, which highlight the characteristics and content of end-of-life experiences as well as their effect on post-traumatic growth. The talk also includes videos of patients and their families.
Can the Macy Catheter impact your agency’s practice?
