Description
VaPro Plus Touch Free Hydrophilic Intermittent Catheter
Featuring an innovative straight tip and integrated collection bag, the VaPro Plus touch-free hydrophilic intermittent catheter is designed to reduce the risk of exposure to bacteria and pathogens during the insertion process. This sterilized system limits the need for hands and fingers to touch multiple parts of the catheter.
The VaPro Plus Touch-Free Male Hydrophilic Catheter is a ready-to-use hydrophilic catheter option with pure catheter hydration technology. The lubricated coating stays even and smooth for quick and comfortable insertion. You don’t need a receptacle like a toilet or urinal thanks to an integrated clear collection bag. Additionally, the catheter features a protective touch-free sleeve for easy handling as well as an introducer tip for added infection protection.
Key Features
- Protective Tip – shields the sterile catheter during insertion from bacteria located within the first 15mm of the distal urethra and helps reduce the risk of carrying bacteria into the urinary tract. A ring cap helps the tip stay clean until its ready to be used.
- Protective Sleeve – allows the catheter to be gripped anywhere and provides a barrier to the catheter to help keep germs away; proven to prevent the transmission of pathogens that may cause UTIs. A finger hole is added for easier opening with each protection point being removed individually.
- No-Touch System – easy and ready to use right out of the package
- Smooth Rounded Eyelets – enhances user comfort during insertion and withdrawal
- 1000mL Collection Bag: offers
- A tear line and tear stopper for easier opening.
- A handle and second finger hole that makes it easy to empty.
- An anti-reflux valve to prevent urine backflow.
- Printed measurements to help monitor the amount of urine.
- Transparency to allow visual assessment of urine color.
- Easy to Lubricate – a hydrophilic design with pure catheter hydration technology that can be effectively and evenly lubricated for straightforward and complete entry with decreased leakage.
- Anti-Reflux Valve – lessens potential urine backflow
- Not made with natural rubber latex
- Phthalates-free PVC material
- Sterile, single-use
Common Questions About VaPro Plus Touch Free Hydrophilic Intermittent Catheter
What makes VaPro intermittent catheters unique?
VaPro Intermittent Catheters are the first hydrophilic catheters to use a vapor hydration process and include a protective tip and sleeve. It has easy access packaging with both a tear strip opening and finger holes.
Does the VaPro Touch Free Intermittent Catheter require water to be added to the product upon opening?
No, the VaPro Touch Free Intermittent catheter is ready to use straight from the packaging, with no need to add water or to burst water sachets.
Why doesn't the VaPro touch free intermittent catheter require immersion in liquid water, and how is it lubricated?
The VaPro Touch Free Inermittent catheter coating is activated by sterile water vapor contained in the packaging. The process of pure catheter hydration technology provides a fully hydrated, ready-to-use catheter upon opening the package with no need to add water.
What are the advantages of having a protective tip and sleeve?
The protective tip and sleeve help guard against contamination by bacteria both from the environment and in the first 15mm of the distal uretha. The protective tip, along with the protective sleeve, enable the user to apply a no-touch technique.
What is the coating on the VaPro Touch Free Intermittent Catheter, and what is unique about that coating?
This VaPro Touch Free Intermittent catheter coating uses a common hydrophilic ingredient, polyvinylpyrrolidine (PVP). A proprietary process was developed to coat the catheter evenly.
How to Use VaPro Plus Touch Free Hydrophilic Intermittent Catheter
- Wash your hands with mild soap and water.
- To open the catheter package, pull top finger hole toward you at least halfway down the package.
- Remove the catheter from the package and lay the catheter on the opened package.
- Cleanse the surrounding area and the opening of the urethra with a mild, unscented soap or a nonalcoholic wet wipe.
- Remove the red ring cap from the protective tip of the catheter.
- Hold the catheter in one hand, and with the other hand advance the catheter forward until the tip of the catheter fills the protective tip, taking care of that the catheter does not protrude from the tip.
- Grasp the catheter below the protective tip plate and insert the protective tip into the distal urethra with the notch in the 12 o’clock position unless instructed by your healthcare provider.
- Locate the notch on the funnel, which is aligned with the upward direction of the tip.
- Direct the funnel end of the catheter into an appropriate receptacle or toilet. Insert the catheter forward until urine starts to flow. Once urine flow has stopped, slowly withdraw the catheter to ensure the bladder is completely empty. Then gently remove catheter completely.
- The catheter may be disposed of in a waste basket. Do not flush down the toilet. Wash hands with mild soap and water.
