Catheter Care is necessary when you are wearing a catheter
The urinary tract can become contaminated easily when using a catheter because germs can move easily in moist areas. The germs can move up the catheter tubing and cause a urinary tract infection. Therefore, you need to wash the area around the catheter, while also washing the exposed part of the catheter that is proximal to the urinary meatus.
If you are in a hospital or nursing home environment, the nurses will either do the catheter care themselves with a cleansing solution, or they may instruct you to do your own catheter care with mild soap and water. Nursing staff is trained to cleanse from just under the clitoris downward. You will do the same if you are doing your own catheter care. Never wash from back to front, because you will carry the germs from the back to the front where they can move into the urinary tract. You should do catheter care at least once a day, and preferably twice daily - once in the morning and once at bedtime - and after each bowel movement.
Be sure that when you are giving yourself catheter care that you don’t pull or tug at the catheter. Hold the catheter taut so that you can clean around the tubing, but just don’t pull it too much where it will cause pain or possibly become dislodged and come out. The catheter should be held in place with either tape securing it, or you may use a catheter band which fits around the leg and has Velcro.
The catheter bag should always be below the waist so that urine can flow and not flow back into the bladder. It is good practice to empty the drainage bag when it is about half-full. This goes for the leg bag too, if you wear one. If you wear a leg bag, be sure to change to a regular drainage bag and secure it so that it will drain properly. Don’t let your drainage bag rest on the floor because staph germs can move up the catheter bag and onto the catheter and into your urinary system.
The Company For Your Catheter Needs:
Liberator Medical is a leading provider of urinary catheters and urological supplies, we provide you the urology products you need in a caring and helpful manner. We view each of our customers as a unique individual with specific needs, so our Catheter Supply-Care Specialists are trained to meet the customer’s needs in the most respectful and considerate way possible.
Our Liberator Medical catheter supplies include both female catheters and male catheters, offering you catheter supplies from all of the major urological manufacturers that you trust – Foley Catheters, Bard, Mentor, Coloplast, Cure, Hollister, Astra Tech, Rochester Medical, Rusch, Kendall, and Cure. Be sure to check out the new SpeediCath Compact female catheter.
We carry all types of catheters and catheter accessories such as foley catheters or indwelling catheters, intermittent catheters, external catheters, Texas or condom catheters, catheter bags, and more.
Whatever your cathing need, our job at Liberator Medical is to fulfill it as quickly and effortlessly as possible. We understand that dealing with insurance companies and filling out paperwork is a tedious and difficult process, so simplify your life by using Liberator Medical to supply your urological needs.
We are an Accredited Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance provider that continues to help thousands of people qualify for their catheter supplies for little to no out-of-pocket cost.* We handle all of your billing so you never have to fill out a claim form again. We deliver your urinary catheters and urological supplies right to your home with free shipping, and contact you when it’s time for you to reorder, so you have your catheter supplies when you need them at your door.
If you’d like more information about Liberator Medical’s Catheter Supply-Care Program, call us toll-free today at 1-866-642-6840.
*Co-payments, deductibles and conditions apply.
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