Straight Cath over 1000ml

[diana1234]

Hi,

New nurse here. I'm on a Med/Surg floor with I/O. When straight catching a patient with urine >1000ml how do you maintain sterile technique, when the sterile tray included in the cath kit holds

Thanks!

[applewhitern, BSN, RN]

Our protocol is if a patient has not voided for >10 hours, we perform a cath and if we get back 300cc or more, we leave the catheter in. Yes, you can indeed contaminate the patient by having an open-ended catheter. We use the kit with the bag.

[missmollie, ADN, BSN, RN]

I agree with brillo: once the cath is in there is no need to be sterile, so long as you don't push the cath in further. So grab the other container and let it flow, only clamp with fingers before switching to new container.

[nursemols, ADN, BSN, RN]

I typically just use a foley kit..more often then not if I get 1000cc or more out then the provider wants to kept he foley in instead of doing multiple i/o Cathy anyhow