Urinary Catheter

Indications

• Monitor urine output: oliguria/ anuria

• Urinary retention

Procedure (Male)

Consent

Preparation

• Consent

• Chaperone present

• Expose external genitalia with drap 

• Clean 

• Insert instillagel into urethra

Try and get the instiallgel (lubricant) as far up the urethra as possible, is easy to let it all come straight out. Holding the penis verticle (90 degrees to the body is the optimum angle). 

Procedure

References and Resources

Written in 2025