Foley Catheter Teaching. Keep your skin and catheter clean. It s held inside your bladder by a balloon filled with water. A foley catheter is a sterile tube that is inserted into your bladder to drain urine. A foley catheter also called an indwelling catheter is a thin flexible tube inserted through your urethra.
A foley catheter is a sterile tube that is inserted into your bladder to drain urine. Education tools indwelling catheters the following tools outlining best practices in the handling of foley catheters and urine drainage bag positioning are available for download. It is used to drain urine pee out of your body. Use soap and warm water. Health promotion teaching plan submitted. How is a foley catheter placed.
Acute and long term care staff should be educated through quality improvement programs about the selection insertion and management of indwelling catheters to reduce uti incidence.
Acute and long term care staff should be educated through quality improvement programs about the selection insertion and management of indwelling catheters to reduce uti incidence. This information will help you care for your urinary foley catheter while you re at home. Instructed patient about your foley catheter daily care. Clean the skin around your catheter at least once each day. It is used to drain urine pee out of your body. You have had a urinary catheter a thin flexible tube placed in your bladder to drain your urine pee.