Genital Hygiene

Always work inner to outer. and with each stroke you wanna change to a new part of your washcloth. Use a clean part of the washcloth with each stroke. now you wanna work outer. and it is common to see some urine or dried blood there at the tip. you then want to wash off your soap and water using just your bucket of clean water. Use a clean washcloth to rinse. Always work inner to outer, inner to outer. Always work inner to outer. working your way inner to outer. Always work inner to outer. inner to outer. All right now that you cleaned the catheter site, we are going to now apply petroleum jelly or Vaseline. So in the supplies we send home with you, you will have two Q tips per packet and you will use a petroleum jelly or Vaseline packet. So I will demonstrate that when you're at home, you can do this sitting on the toilet. Some patients do it when they're getting out of the shower. You can sit on the toilet and have someone help you. So we're going to take out the first Q tip. Use about a dime size. and we're first gonna go around the tip of the penis working our way inner to outer. So about two inches away from the patient. So about two inches away from the patient. All right now that you cleaned the catheter site, we are going to now apply petroleum jelly or Vaseline. So in the supplies we send home with you, you will have two Q tips per packet and you will use a petroleum jelly or Vaseline packet. So I will demonstrate that when you're at home, you can do this sitting on the toilet. Some patients do it when they're getting out of the shower. You can sit on the toilet and have someone help you. So we're going to take out the first Q tip. Use about a dime size. and we're first gonna go around the tip of the penis working our way inner to outer. So about two inches away from the patient. So about two inches away from the patient. Next we are gonna take our other Q tip. Take about another dime size a little bit more 'cause the tube is thicker. and we're gonna work our way down like we did when we were cleaning. So about two inches away from the patient. So that was the completion of our catheter care. This helps create a seal around the tip of the penis and helps prevent infection.