What is a cloudy urine sample without patient symptoms.
100
This secures the tubing of a foley catheter so there is not so much strain on the tubing.
What is a secure lock?
100
This is the question you must ask anytime you have a patient with a foley catheter.
What is why is the foley in?
200
300 ml
What is the amount of urine you would feel an urge to go to the bathroom?
200
This urine does not need to be sent to the lab.
What is a cloudy urine sample without patient symptoms?
200
This helps prevent a break in the orginal seal of the foley and introducing harmful bugs.
What is keeping the original tubing intact and not breaking the original seal?
200
This helps prevent an infection from climbing up the foley catheter and causing a Catheter Associated UTI (CAUTI)
What is proper cath care with chlorhexidine prep?
300
500 ml
What is the amount of urine you need to keep below in order to help prevent bladder injury?
300
This is the only location where a sample can be obtained.
What is the collection port on the foley catheter?
300
What is the first thing you should do prior to handling a foley?
What is washing your hands before handling the catheter?
300
Although done more times in a shift, this helps prevent a tube which grows biofilm that organisms can migrate into the body on.
What is the benefit of straigt cathing a patient instead of leaving in a foley?
400
30mls/hr
This is the normal amount of urine produced per hr in an adult.
400
Culture the sample
This is always done prior to taking antibiotics
400
This is the proper level the foley catheter should be at at all times.
What is ensure the drainage bag hangs below the bladder level?
400
This is what you should put a foley bag into to prevent it from touching the floor.
What is a pink bucket?
500
This is the only tube which causes a catheter associated UTI.
What is the risk of inserting an indwelling catheter?
500
This is the first thing many staff will send if they see a cloudy sample of urine. However, it is not accompanied by patient symptoms like fever or change in mental status at all times.
What is a urine sample?
500
This is important to chart in order to prove you provided cleaning to the foley tubing and perineal area each shift.
What is proper documentation of cath care?
500
If a foley cannot come out yet, this is important to do each shift to reduce the risk of a CAUTI.