Today I performed a bladder/catheter washout on a patient using a twin uro tainer solution I understand that Bladder/ catheter washouts are used to prevent the build-up of debris and sediment in the catheter. They are also used to clean and maintain the hygiene of the catheter as often they can become blocked.

There are many types of solution used to unblock a catheter the main one as mentioned above is the uro tainer solution which comes in two different types the first one is suby G which contains 3.23% of citric acid. the other type is the uro tainer solution R which contains 6% of citric acid.

Another type of catheter washout is optiflo irrigation there are three types. Optiflo G which contains 3.23% of citric acid, Optiflo R which contains 6% of citric acid and Optiflo S which contains 0.9% of saline.

It is important that this procedure is sterile to minimise the risk of infection. I feel I carried out the procedure well using aseptic techniques and making the patient feel comfortable at all times.