Changing Foley To Leg Bag

The bag can be attached to your right or left leg depending on which side is most comfortable for you.

Changing foley to leg bag. Oct 29 2013. Wash the catheter well using cooled boiled water and a mild liquid soap. Drain the water into the toilet.

Rinse out the leg bag with cold water twice shaking vigorously for at least 10 seconds both times. This video demonstrates how to change your urinary Foley catheter drainage bag a plastic bag that collects your urine. Edited Oct 29 2013 by Orca.

Wash your hands with soap and water. Changing a Leg Bag to a Drainage Bag. You may want to use a catheter plug for a Foley catheter to keep the catheter from draining when changing the bags.

The leg bag must remain below the level of your bladder to drain easily. Place the bag in the bag holder. Empty urine from the old leg bag into the toilet or receptacle and dispose of the bag.

I dont see significantly more risk in this than in changing an IV bag. When you get out of bed you can change back to a leg bag if you prefer. From what I understand the Foley catheter is a closed system.

During the night you will use the larger drainage bag if you have a urinary Foley catheter. My ICU opens catheter systems to replace catheter bags with urometers. You will need a clean bag.