HHC Health & Home Care Clinical Policy And

HHC HEALTH & HOME CARE Section: 5-5
Genitourinary: Decontamination of Vinyl Urinary Drainage Bag __RN
PURPOSE: 5. Vigorously agitate water in the bag for 10 seconds.
To provide a safe, effective, and inexpensive procedure
for decontaminating urinary drainage bags.
CONSIDERATIONS:
1. A patient with an indwelling catheter should have
two bags of each type - leg and bedside drainage.
These provide for a rotation of bags during cleaning
6. Empty the water through the bag's drainage spigot
into the toilet.
7. Repeat steps 4, 5, and 6. Rinsing must be done
twice.
8. Use an irrigating bottle to squirt approximately 30cc
of the pre-mixed bleach solution onto the drainage
spigot, spigot bell and sleeve, and cap.
periods and an extra bag in case of damage. 9. Squirt the remaining bleach solution into the bag.
2. Leg and bedside bags should be decontaminated
daily.
Agitate the solution in the bag for 30 seconds
making certain the solution touches all inner
surfaces of the bag.
3. Bags may be reused for four weeks when
decontaminated daily. 10. Drain the solution into the toilet, avoiding contact
with metal fixtures.
4. Prepare the solution when it is needed; sodium
hypochlorite is unstable and will dissipate when
exposed to light.
11. Hang bag over shower/towel rail to dry.
12. Discard soiled supplies in appropriate containers.
5. Avoid bleach contact with stainless steel, chrome
and other bathroom fixtures because it will cause
rust or corrosion.
AFTER CARE:
1. Document in patient's record:
EQUIPMENT:
a.
b.
Procedure and observations.
Instructions given to patient/caregiver.
Liquid bleach 2. Instruct patient/caregiver in procedure.
Cold tap water
Graduated irrigating bottle
Gloves
PROCEDURE:
1. Adhere to Universal Precautions.
2. Prepare bleach solution by filling irrigating bottle
with 150cc cold tap water and 15cc liquid bleach.
3. Empty all urine from bag into the toilet.
4. Fill the bag with cold tap water. If it is a leg bag, fill
it through the connector and extension tubing. If it is
a bedside bag fill it through the top tubing with
200cc cold tap water.
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