Catheterization is a process of inserting catheter tube into patients' body cavity, duct, or vessel in order to either drain or administer fluid or gas, in some cases catheterization is also done to access an internal part of a patient's body through surgical instruments. In case of urinary catheterization, catheter tube slid into patients' bladder, letting patients drain bladder collection freely or to inject liquid medications to treat any bladder condition. It is mainly done during rehabilitation phase and based on patients medical conditions physicians recommend catheters for short-term or long-term use. Urinary drainage bags are to be used with catheters post surgery or if a person suffer form urinary incontinence or urinary retention. There are two types of urinary drainage bags available; leg and bedside.
There are various medical supplies store that manufactures urine drainage bags, Invacare is prominent among them as their products have proved to be reliable. It manufactures an array of urine bags of which Invacare Bedside Urinary Drainage Bags are widely chosen as users don't get to come across an incidence of back-flow and so infection is largely prevented by these bags.
If you or any of your beloved ones are using Invacare Bedside Urinary Drainage Bags there are certain things that you need to do before and while connecting them to catheter. First, wash your hands and cleanse the end of the catheter and connector of the tube using alcohol swabs, and then proceed with connecting catherter to the drainage tube.
While positioning the Invacare bedside urine bag ensure it is below the level of your bladder. The tube should be coiled onto the bed and also make sure it doesn't hang below the bag. Then, the bag has to be connected to the bed, don't let it lay on the floor.
A vital point that every urinary drainage bag user should remember is it should be drained frequently, as letting the bag to fill more than half of it's capacity is not advisable. If you are using because of a medical condition then check out urine's colour, consistency, as well as odour. And, if the bag is removed, clean it thoroughly to avoid the risk of infection. Use hot running water for rinsing, and you get specialized solutions to clean urine drainage bags, use them for washing. To let it dry well, make use of catheter tip syringe that can place enough air into the bag and keep the plastic separated for quick drying.
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