Inserting Female Catheter. After you ve washed your hands and put on gloves sterilize the patient s genital area with disinfectant soaked cotton swabs to decrease the likelihood of infection. To insert a catheter have the patient lie on their back with their legs spread and feet together. Slowly put the catheter into the meatus with your other hand. Gently push the catheter about 3 inches into the urethra until urine begins to come out.
To insert a catheter have the patient lie on their back with their legs spread and feet together. This was produced for the c. Update due to recent guidelines changes. Once urine starts to flow push the catheter up 1 inch more and hold it in place until the urine stops. Gently push the catheter about 3 inches into the urethra until urine begins to come out. Holding the catheter in your dominant hand introduce the tip into the urethral orifice in a slightly upward and backward direction feeding it out of the sterile packaging this adds a further layer of physical protection for the duration of the insertion procedure.
After you ve washed your hands and put on gloves sterilize the patient s genital area with disinfectant soaked cotton swabs to decrease the likelihood of infection.
Update due to recent guidelines changes. To insert a catheter have the patient lie on their back with their legs spread and feet together. Hold the labia apart with one hand. Bard no longer recommends inflating or pre testing the balloon prior to insertion and that supplies is placed betwee. Gently push the catheter about 3 inches into the urethra until urine begins to come out. This was produced for the c.