Emptying Your Urinary Catheter Bag

1. Wash your hands. 2. Empty the catheter bag when it’s half full. 3. Detach the bottom leg strap to take the bag off. 4. Hold the bottom tube over the toilet. 5. Don’t touch the valve tip on the toilet rim. 6. Open the valve. 7. Empty the bag into...

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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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