welcome to the instructional video on how to care for your fully catheter and leg bag at home a catheter is a small flexible tube inserted into the bladder used to drain urine continuously from the body after certain types of surgery it is important to keep your bladder empty to help prevent pressure on nearby organs your physician will determine how long your FY catheter needs to remain in place in this video you will learn how to connect to disconnect and manage your fully catheter drainage bag and leg bag good hygiene practices to prevent infection and when to call a doctor in addition you will be sent home with the following supplies a packet explaining how to care for your fully catheter drainage bag and leg bag an extra night drainage bag a leg drainage bag for daytime use alcohol pads an extra stat lock and or a leg strap and a Foley clamp good morning Miss Smith my name is Bailey I'm going to be your nurse today you're going to be going home with a fully catheter So today we're going to go over instructions on how to take care of your catheter at home the first step of taking care of your cath at home is going to be to wash your hands so I'm going to go do that now now that we've washed our hands the first step into taking care of your catheter at home is is going to be to empty it into the toilet or into a collection device when it's half full first remove the drain Port from the stopper then open the clamp and empty the urine into the toilet or collection device reamp the drain port and put the drain Port back into the stopper do not touch the drain Port opening with your fingers and do not let the drain Port touch the toilet as this can increase your chances of getting a urinary tract infection all right Miss Smith so we're going to go over this leg bag this is going to be one of the options that we'll send you home with as a uh catheter that you can switch into we'll go over how to empty and how to change into your leg bag in a little bit this leg bag is going to be a more discret option for you around your house or if you're going out in public that will attach to either your thigh or your calf you're going to empty this every 3 to 4 hours or if the bag gets half full your leg bag will have a clamp at the end you're going to take off the velcro and position the drainage port over the toilet or over a container unclamp drain the urine being sure not to touch the container or the toilet be sure to clamp when you're done so that urine doesn't spill reattach the leg bag with the velcro straps after emptying your bag you will clamp your fly catheter by using the clamps sent home with you from the hospital you can also use a close pen disconnect your drainage bag from the catheter being careful not to pull or tug on the catheter use alcohol wipes to wipe the connections between your catheter and the drainage bag that you are about to use then connect the cathet connect the bag to your catheter and unclamp your fully catheter at night you will want to change the leg bag to the large drainage bag and hang it on the side of your bed ensuring there's no Kinks or Loops should I keep my drainage bag next to me when I sleep great question Miss Smith no you don't want to sleep with your catheter bag in bed with you you want to make sure that it's off of the bed below your bladder so that it allows urine to drain into the bag properly why does she have a sticker on her leg another great question question so the sticker on her leg is called the stat lock that helps keep the catheter in place to prevent tugging and pulling that's unnecessary and can cause discomfort to the patient you want to make sure that that stat lock is being changed every 7 days or if it's soiled or loose on the leg using an alcohol wipe gently peel off the stat lock that needs to be changed unclamp and remove the catheter tubing from the stat lock take your new stat lock and open the clamp and secure the catheter tubing in the clamp use the skin protectant pad on your skin before applying and position the stat lock on your thigh leaving slack in the tubing this will prevent your fully catheter from being tugged on while you're walking sitting or sleeping you will need to wash your catheter insertion site the catheter tubing and your genitals twice a day with soap and water it is important to clean the catheter insertion site first then clean the catheter tubing all the way down where it connects with the drainage bag lastly clean your genital area from front to back be sure to separate the skin folds cleaning all skin surfaces well keep the area around your catheter clean this will help prevent skin irritation or infection it is okay to shower with the fley catheter in place but avoid taking baths it is very important to wipe from front to back after having a bow movement to prevent urinary tract infections now that we've gone over all of the instructions can you repeat back to me what our first step of taking care of our catheter is at home I wash my hands with soap and water perfect that's going to prevent you from getting a UTI um with your catheter is there any further instructions that I can answer for you no you did a great job and I have written material as well perfect if you have any further questions you can always call me back into the room and we can go over those or you can use the patient care hotline to have any questions answered following your discharge do always keep your drainage bag below your bladder when you are lying sitting or standing keep the catheter tube free of Kinks and Loops so the urine can flow easily secure the catheter comfortably to your thigh using the stat lock the catheter should not be pulled tight clean the catheter and insertion site twice a day drink 6 to8 8 O glasses of fluid per day check for signs of infections at the catheter site red swollen irritated skin pain or if your urine appears cloudy has an odor or contains pus take any prescribed medications as instructed by your Healthcare team don't never pull on your catheter for any reason never keep your drainage bags directly on the floor do not use powder or lotion near your catheter site or near your genitalia do not have sexual inter course while you have a fly catheter in place when to call your doctor contact your doctor immediately if you have any of the following problems you feel bloated full or have pain in your lower abdomen and there is no urine coming out you have urine leaking around the catheter urine leakage is normal if you have had prostate surgery during the post-operative healing period a large percentage of catheters will leak a sanitary napkin wrapped around the penis will help absorb the leakage your urine flow into the drainage bag is little to none you have blood or clots in your urine if you have had prostate surgery this is normal for 6 to 8 weeks after surgery increasing water intake will help flush this out fever of 100.4 de F or greater urine becomes cloudy hasn't odor or contains pus the Foley catheter is accidentally pulled out or becomes out of place this concludes the education on your fulley catheter if you have any questions or concerns about this information please call the patient care hotline at 813 [Music] 7458 available 24/7 to reach a member of your Healthcare team or after hours support