- The urine bag should be set vertically below the waistline lest urine should revert.
- The joint should not go loose, but keep tightly sealed lest pollution should develop, the exit of the urine bag should be normally closed.
- The catheter should not be contorted or oppressed, lest clogging should occur, and may not be pulled about, lest bleeding should come by.
- For male patients the catheter is normally fastened to hang on the outside of the thigh.
- The fastening of urine bag to the leg must be executed in the tightness that is just right.
- Encourage the patient to drink as much water as possible, so that the daily urination is maintained at least above 1500 cc, to get rid of infection or urethral clogging.
- Where the charge in the urine bag exceeds 700 cc, it should be poured off, the pouring must be executed with caution so that the bag exit is not thereby polluted.
- The pudenda must be flushed with clear water by wiping with a soap everyday, so as to keep the urethral port clean and dry all the time.
- As a rule there is no need to effect replacement of the catheter used on a prolonged term unless:
(1) the catheter slips out;
(2) the catheter gets contaminated;
(3) the catheter gets clogged;
(4) the catheter becomes rupture.
- Send the patient to the hospital immediately in the event of any symptom symbolizing urethral infection in the form of:
(1) a fever or a frigidity fit;
(2) a lasting pain in the urethral;
(3) noticeable turgidity of urine; or
(4) an increase in secretions around the urethral port.
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