
1. Wash your hands and prepare the catheter.
2. Separate the labia with one hand, and wash from front to back
using a moist towelette or soap and water.
3. Push your pelvis slightly forward. Spread the labia apart with
the index and middle finger to find the opening to the urethra. The
urethra is located just above the vaginal opening. You can use a
LoFric magnified mirror (
free to prescription patients
) to help.
4. With the other hand, insert the catheter
slowly until urine starts to flow. When the
flow slows to a drip, push the catheter in
slightly to be sure all the urine is out, then
withdraw the catheter slowly.
5. Dispose of the catheter and wash your
hands.
Vaginal
Opening
Urethral
Opening
Instructions for Catheterizing
MALE FEMALE
Sphincter Muscle
Bladder
Bowel
Pubic Bone
Urethra
Rectum
Prostate
Gland
Opening
of Urethra
NOTE: A man’s urethra is 6-8 inches long and shaped like the
letter S. Inserting the catheter becomes much easier if you lift the
penis up towards the stomach – this way the S is straightened out.
1. Wash hands and prepare catheter (as instructed on reverse).
2. Find a position that is comfortable. Sit or stand as relaxed
as possible.
3. Hold the penis up with one hand and clean the tip with a moist
towelette or soap and water. Clean using a circular motion, start-
ing at opening of the urethra and working your way outward.
4. Hold the penis up towards your stomach. If you are not
circumcised, pull the foreskin back and then hold the penis up
toward your stomach (don’t squeeze too hard).
5. Guide the catheter slowly into the
urethra until urine starts to flow. When
the flow slows to a drip, hold the penis up
towards the stomach, push the catheter in
slightly to be sure all urine is out.
6. Withdraw the catheter slowly, dispose
of it, and wash your hands.
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If you have been prescribed coudé (curved) tip catheters, you will find a mark on the catheter funnel to help guide proper
insertion (with the curved tip facing upward). This will help to ensure the catheter does not get twisted or turned during
insertion and the curved tip remains facing upward for the entire catheterization.
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