How to care for long-term catheter insertion

A variety of reasons cause patients need to indwell catheter for a long time, should do a good job of catheter care, to prevent catheter-related infection. Nursing measures are as follows: 1, if there is expected to be a long-term indwelling catheter, it is recommended to perform suprapubic cystostomy, the catheter placed in the suprapubic area, can reduce the incidence of urinary tract infection, suitable for patients who need to stay catheter for more than 1 year. 2. During the indwelling catheter, the catheter needs to be replaced regularly. It is recommended that the drainage bag be replaced every 1 week, and the catheter be replaced every 2-4 weeks. 3. During the indwelling catheter, if the patient can drink water by himself, drink more water appropriately and keep the water consumption at about 1500ml per day. If the patient can not drink water, it is recommended to use bladder irrigation, can use sterile saline 250ml bladder irrigation, keep half an hour after the excretion of the body, rinse every 2-3 days to prevent infection. 4, for male patients need to use pressure penis, discharge urethral secretions, prevent urinary tract infection or epididymis infection. For women need to use iodophor solution for urethral disinfection, disinfection 1-2 times a day.