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Emptying Your Urinary Catheter Bag

Step-by-Step

  • Hands scrubbing with soap under faucet with running water.

    1. Wash your hands.

  • Leg catheter bag fastened to lower leg, with bag half full of urine.

    2. Empty the catheter bag when it’s half full.

  • Hands detaching bottom leg strap from leg catheter bag that’s half full of urine.

    3. Detach the bottom leg strap to take the bag off.

  • Hands holding catheter bag half full of urine over toilet.

    4. Hold the bottom tube over the toilet.

  • Valve tip touching toilet seat and prohibition symbol with arrow pointing toward valve tip.

    5. Don’t touch the valve tip on the toilet rim.

  • One hand holding catheter bag half full of urine over toilet and other hand pulling out valve to open it.

    6. Open the valve.

  • Hands holding catheter bag over toilet with urine flowing into toilet.

    7. Empty the bag into the toilet.

  • One hand holding valve tip of empty catheter bag with other hand cleaning valve tip with alcohol wipe.

    8. Clean the valve tip with an alcohol wipe.

  • One hand holding empty catheter bag and other hand pushing in valve to close it.

    9. Close the valve.

  • Empty leg catheter bag on leg with hands fastening bottom leg strap.

    10. Put the bag on and fasten the bottom leg strap.

  • Hands scrubbing with soap under faucet with running water.

    11. Wash your hands.

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