Urinary Care: Condom Catheter

Critical Elements

• Perform hand hygiene before and after procedure.
• Wear clean gloves.

Procedure

Prior to Treatment: (Critical Thinking)

• Assess patients need for treatment.
• Confirm order.
• Gather equipment: gloves, properly sized condom catheter, drainage bag, drapes, soap and water, skin prep.

Patient Interaction: (Safety)

• Patient identifiers.
• Provide for privacy.
• Explain procedure.
• Wash hands.

Steps of the Procedure: (Patient Centered Care)

1. Apply gloves.
2. Place pad under work area.
3. Place patient supine.
4. Drape with covers as much as possible.
5. Wash penis with soap and water, rinse and dry thoroughly.
6. Wash hands and change gloves.
7. Apply skin prep to penis and allow to dry.
8. Hold penis in non-dominant hand.  With dominant hand, place the condom catheter at the end of the penis and slowly unroll it along the shaft toward patient’s body.  Leave 1-2 inches between the end of the penis and the drainage tube on the catheter.
9. Secure the condom catheter in place.
10. Secure the drainage tube to the patient’s thigh and place below the level of the bladder.
11. Cover patient, remove gloves.

After Procedure (Patient Centered Care)

• Straighten room making patient comfortable, replace call light.
• Wash hands before leaving room.

Document (Informatics, Communication)

• Patient’s response to procedure.

Resources

• National Institute of Health – External Male Catheter