Bard Silastic 2-Way Standard Specialty Foley Catheter With 5cc Balloon Capacity

Bard Silastic Standard Specialty Foley Catheter Features

• Delivers maximum comfort and patient protection from irritation.
• A high-quality ribbed balloon with remarkable strength, symmetrical inflation, and optimal catheter tip location within the bladder.
• A small, water-inflated balloon holds a hollow urinary drainage tube in the bladder.
• Silicone-Elastomer coating.

What to buy with Bard 2-Way Specialty Catheter

• Bard Bardia Foley Catheter Insertion Tray With Syringe
• Dale Hold-n-Place Foley Catheter Holder
• Bard Medi-Aire Biological Odor Eliminator

How to use Bard Silastic Foley Catheter?

• A Foley catheter acts as a drain to empty the bladder.
• It is a thin, hollow tube made of soft, flexible material.
• It is passed through the urethra into the bladder.
• The catheter is held in place by a small water-filled balloon inflated in the bladder to keep the catheter from falling out while one goes about his normal activities.
• Urine will automatically drain out of the bladder into the bag attached to the catheter.

Catheter Inflation:

• Ensure that the Bard Foley catheter balloon is positioned well within the patient's bladder. Slowly, with a gentle, constant force, inflate the Bard Foley catheter balloon with the volume prescribed on the package.
• Note that the 5cc balloon must be inflated with between 9cc to 10cc of sterile water.
• Improperly inflated Bard Foley catheter balloons may cause drainage and deflation difficulties.
• Using fluid other than pure water may cause the balloon not to empty properly, especially after long dwell times.

Catheter Deflation:

• Select a Luer slip syringe.
• Slide the syringe's plunger up and down the barrel of the needle several times to loosen it up.
• Compress the plunger and then pull back the plunger slightly so that it does not adhere to the front of the syringe barrel.
• Gently insert the syringe into the catheter valve.
• Do not use more force than is required to make the syringe stick in the valve.
• Allow the pressure within the balloon to force the plunger back and fill the syringe with water.
• If you notice slow or no deflation, re-seat the syringe gently. Once again, allow the balloon to deflate slowly on its own.
• If the balloon does not deflate, reposition the patient.
• Ensure that the catheter is not in traction and that the catheter's proximal end is not compressed within the bladder's neck.
• Ensure that urine flows freely.
• Attempt to deflate the balloon by using the pressure in the balloon to force water into the syringe as described above.
• If the balloon stills fail to deflate, apply very gentle slow aspiration. Aspiration that is too rapid or too forceful may cause the inflation lumen within the Foley catheter to collapse.
• If permitted by hospital protocol, the valve arm may be severed.
• If this fails, contact an adequately trained professional for assistance, as directed by hospital protocol.