Foley statlocks

[nursetobe20]

Will an improperly placed statlock that's clamped on the clear portion of the Foley tube occlude the tube and keep it from draining?

[righteousjenn]

Can you ever clamp in on the clear portion?? I thought it clamped on the bifurcation part

[nursetobe20]

It does clamp on the bifurcation, I was just wondering if it was improperly placed and clamped on the clear tubing if it would occlude it or not.

[dishes, BSN, RN]

On which clear tubing? the catheter? did the catheter look crimped when the statlock was disengaged?

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

How do you misapply a Statlock? Well Foleys with temp probes are tricky...but otherwise there's the little bifurcation in the plastic with a bigger track for the actual urinary catheter and smaller track for the balloon port. You fit those where they fit in the hard plastic and snap the clip shut.

[MunoRN, RN]

There sometimes male patients where there's not enough extra length between where it exits the member and where the bifurcation is and the statlock can't be anchored at the bifurcation. It is possible to still use a statlock but on the drainage tubing instead, if you're using a 2-way statlock you have to cut off the nub that separates the bifurcated tubes so that the larger drainage tube can go right down the middle and not get pinched. A piece of tape or something else secured around the drainage tube above the statlock will ensure that a traction on the tubing below the statlock won't put traction on the catheter.