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Steps To Insert A Foley Catheter. Set up a sterile field 4. Hold the catheter in your dominate hand and slowly insert in into the urinary meatus or the small opening on the top of your penis. Thus enabling you to drain bladder contents decompress the bladder obtain a specimen and introduce a passage into the gu tract. I was lucky enough to have a professor who was very supportive with me.
Apply sterile gloves and use strict sterile technique for the foley insertion procedure. You will lie on your back with legs spread and knees bent. 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. Before insertion dispense the lubricating gel into the kit tray pour cleansing solution over three cotton balls remove the plastic sleeve from the catheter and lock the sterile water syringe into the port. Insert the catheter slowly. I was lucky enough to have a professor who was very supportive with me.
Do not pre inflate the balloon prior to insertion.
Thus enabling you to drain bladder contents decompress the bladder obtain a specimen and introduce a passage into the gu tract. Use sterile gloves drapes sponges 5. Clean the area using one swipe per swab. The caregiver will put lubricant jelly on the catheter to help it go in smoothly. Perform hand hygiene immediately before and after insertion 2. Your penis should be at an angle of 60 to 90 degrees.