Description
VaPro Pocket Intermittent Catheter 16" Without Integrated Collection Bag
VaPro Pocket is a hydrophilic, touch-free, and discreet intermittent catheter. VaPro Pocket catheters provide 100% No Touch Protection with a protective tip and sleeve and with a comfortable insertion. The pocket-size package design is discreet—a quality users prefer.
Key Features
- Protective Tip – protects the sterile catheter from bacteria as you insert it. Covering the first 15mm of the distal urethra, this mechanism reduces infection risks by preventing bacteria from entering the urinary tract.
- Ring Cap – protects the tip until you’re ready to use the catheter
- Protective Sleeve – ensures you can touch the catheter anywhere along its length while guarding against germs and reducing infection risks
- Ready-to-Use
- Hydrophilic using hydration technology for even lubrication and insertion
- Large Finger Hole – utilizes tear strips for easy opening
- Smooth Eyelets – enhances user comfort during insertion and removal of the catheter
- Compact design can be carried in a pocket or backpack
- Phthalate-free PVC
- Not made with natural rubber latex
How to Use VaPro Pocket Intermittent Catheter 16" Without Integrated Collection Bag
- Wash your hands as advised by your healthcare practitioner. Position yourself to carry out intermittent catheterization. Manipulate your clothing to access your genitalia.
- To open package, pull finger hole toward you and all the way down.
- Remove the catheter from the package. Leave pack on the lap, sink, or other flat surface. Lay catheter on opened package.
- Hold the penis with your non-dominant hand and don’t let go until you have finished the procedure. Pull back foreskin (if present) and cleanse the glands and opening of urethra as instructed by your healthcare practitioner.
- Remove the cap from the protective tip of catheter.
- Hold the catheter in one hand, and with the other hand, advance the catheter forward until tip of the catheter fills the protective tip, taking care that the catheter does not protrude from the tip. Grasp catheter below protective tip plate.
- Using the forefinger and thumb of your non-dominant hand, squeeze penis gently to open the urethral opening. With your dominant hand, insert the protective tip until the plate comes in contact with urethral opening.
- With the penis stretched and in upright position, insert the catheter forward until urine starts to flow. Once urine flow has stopped, slowly withdraw the catheter. If urine flows again, pause until urine stops. After you’re sure the bladder is empty, remove the catheter completely. Reposition the foreskin (if present).
- Catheter may be disposed of in a waste bin. Do no flush down toilet.
- Wash your hands.
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70104-30, 70124-30, 70144-30, 70164-30
