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- [Narrator] Please watch the entire video
before emptying the urine collection bag
or cleaning your catheter.
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This video will teach you how to empty
the urine collection bag attached
to your suprapubic catheter and how to clean the catheter.
A suprapubic catheter is a thin rubber tube
that runs from your bladder through a small incision
in your lower abdomen to a bag that collects the urine.
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A balloon filled with water holds the catheter in place.
Caring for your suprapubic catheter involves emptying
the collection bag and cleaning your incision.
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To empty your suprapubic catheter
you will need a clean cloth or paper towels
to clean up spills, disposable gloves, and a wastebasket.
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Be sure to keep the urine collection bag lower
than your hips to allow the urine to drain
out of your bladder and into the bag.
Step one, wash your hands with soap and water
and then dry them.
Step two, put on disposable gloves.
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Step three, hold the bottom of the collection bag
over a toilet.
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Step four, open the drain valve.
Urine will begin draining from the bag.
Step five, close the valve.
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Step six, remove your disposable gloves
and throw them away in the wastebasket.
Step seven, wash your hands with soap and water
and then dry them.
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Now you will begin cleaning your catheter.
You will need a plastic bag, a wastebasket,
a clean wash cloth, clean paper towels,
cotton swabs or cotton balls, disposable gloves,
a four inch by four inch split dressing gauze,
and dressing tape.
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Be careful not to pull on the tubing
when cleaning your catheter.
Step one, wash your hands with soap and water
and then dry them.
Step two, put on disposable gloves.
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Step three, gently remove any old dressing materials
around your catheter incision.
Put the old dressing in a plastic bag
and throw it into the wastebasket.
Step four, remove your disposable gloves
and throw them away in the wastebasket.
Step five, wash your hands again
with soap and water and then dry them.
Step six, put on disposable gloves.
Step seven, wash the skin around your incision
using a wash cloth and warm, soapy water.
Dry your skin completely with a clean paper towel.
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Step eight, wash about four inches of the catheter tube
where it enters your skin with a cotton swab or ball
and warm, soapy water.
Start at your incision and wipe away from your body.
Do not wipe toward your incision.
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Step nine, place a new four inch by four inch
split dressing gauze at your incision
and around the catheter tube.
Tape the gauze in place using dressing tape.
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Be sure to clean your suprapubic catheter
at least once a day.
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Contact your surgeon if you have any questions
about your suprapubic catheter.
You have chills and your temperature
is 101 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.
Your bladder feels full,
but you see no urine draining into the bag.
Your incision is bleeding or swollen.
Urine is leaking around your catheter.
Your urine is cloudy, has a foul odor,
you see grit or stones in your urine,
or you notice bright red blood in your urine.
It is normal to see a small amount of blood
or pink tinged urine after some procedures.