{"id":2978,"date":"2008-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-10T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t978b50|4"},"modified":"2025-01-31T11:30:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T10:30:34","slug":"tip-custom-designed-microlax-doser-978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/tip-custom-designed-microlax-doser-978","title":{"rendered":"Custom-designed microlax doser"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/978_50_mikrolax1_600.jpg\" alt=\"The user holds the microlax doser with microlax, handle between index and middle finger.\" width=\"600\" height=\"442\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The user holds the microlax doser with microlax<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Beskr\">A metal loop from a simple tube key is equipped with a handle shaped to fit the user&#8217;s hand. The microlax tube is placed in the loop.<\/p>\n<p>Technique: Move to the toilet chair, place the wheelchair in front of the toilet, place one leg bent across on the wheelchair. Place the microlax tube in the holder, insert it into the anal opening and twist the hand\/handle to squeeze out the contents of the tube.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bkom\"><strong>Users comments<\/strong><br \/>\nThe user has tested the Microlax doser. Emptying the tube is not 100% successful. The tube is rather stiff and when you twist it the tip is pressed against the intestine. Today she uses Peristeen, which works well for her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tilva\"><strong>How to make<\/strong><br \/>\nThe tube key is bent into the shape of a loop that fits the microlax tube. The tube key handle is made of Fimo modeling clay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tilv\"><strong>Made by<\/strong><br \/>\nMadeleine Stenius, Assistant nurse<\/p>\n<p class=\"Inkopstallet\"><strong>Purchased from<\/strong><br \/>\nPanduro Hobby (Fimo), Housewares store (tube key)<\/p>\n<p class=\"idea\"><strong>Whose idea<\/strong><br \/>\nMadeleine Stenius, Assistant nurse, Rehab Station Stockholm<\/p>\n<p class=\"rkom\"><strong>Editors comments<\/strong><br \/>\nSwereco in Sweden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swereco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">swereco.com<\/a> (last checked January 2022) sells a tube key with large wooden handle.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/978_50_mikrolax2_600.jpg\" alt=\"The user holds the microlax doser with microlax\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The user holds the microlax doser with microlax<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/978_50_mikrolax3_600.jpg\" alt=\"Microlax doser with microlax\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Microlax doser with microlax<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A simple custom modification to hold, insert, and empty the microlax tube &#8211; suitable for persons with impaired hand function<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":51981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[319],"tags":[469],"class_list":["post-2978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-about-toileting-19","tag-authors_v4","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/978_50_mikrolax1_600.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252428,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions\/252428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinalistips.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}