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Why is a Condem catheter also called a Texas cath? We were talking about it in class and the instructors could not agree on a reason.
I always thought it was because they were bigger in size to slip on external over the member, since everything is bigger in texas, hence is where I thought the name came from
This is the second time today someone beat me to the punchline, there's a bunch of energizer bunnies out there today.
merlee
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Texas was a brand name, like earlier posters have mentioned.
Why do we say Foley caths for indwelling caths? Brand name, again. Other firms make them, but we use the Foley interchangably w/indwelling.