Male Catheteization
How to Insert Urinary Catheter in Male?
1. Place the patient in the supine position with legs extended and flat on the bed.
2. Lift the penis and retract the foreskin if non-circumcised.
3. Using other hand, clean the urethral opening with swabs held in forceps. Use a circular motion from the urethral opening to the base of the penis. Discard swab into waste bag.
4. Apply sterile lubricant to catheter before insertion.
5. Remove the catheter 16fr size from packet, using sterile technique.
6. Hold the penis with slight upward tension and insert the catheter into urethral opening.gently insert the catheter tip into the meatus.
7. With one hand, hold the penis straight and with the other hand, slowly put the catheter into the urinary meatus.
8. Always ensure urine is flowing before inflating the balloon.
8. Inflate the balloon slowly using sterile water to the volume recommended on the catheter.
9. Attach to drainage system and reposition the foreskin.
10. Document the patient's file.
0 Comments