Changing Foley Catheter To Leg Bag

Store the leg bag cap in a clean container or on a clean paper towel in the bathroom.

Changing foley catheter to leg bag. Attaching or removing a leg bag. How should the following be cleaneddisinfected prior to connecting the leg bag to the indwelling catheter. Wash your hands with warm soapy water and dry them.

Wash your hands before you prepare or eat food. The tip of the catheter has a small balloon filled with solution that holds the catheter in your bladder. Grip the catheter at the join between the drainage tube and the inflation tube and grip the leg bag above the connector.

Any opening of the system Ie changing the drainage bag is a risk for infection. Another recommended indi-cation for catheter replacement is when the closed system is compromised Gould et al 2010. This video demonstrates how to change your urinary Foley catheter drainage bag a plastic bag that collects your urine.

You can strategically place leg bags on. Every 57 days5 earlier only if damaged. Can You Hide A Catheter.

You can do this by changing the bag to the other leg or by raising or lowering the leg band. It also shows how to attach it firmly to your leg with a Cath-Secure device. I dont see significantly more risk in this than in changing an IV bag.

Oct 29 2013. When you get out of bed you can change back to a leg bag if you prefer. Be sure to leave enough loop in the catheter above the leg band so you wont pull on the tube.