O'Neil® Sterile Field Urinary Intermittent Catheter
A unique self-contained system for either INTERMITTENT or INDWELLING catheterisation.A closed system to protect the catheter from contamination by the operator. It also bypasses organisms in the first 1.5cm of the distal urethra - the source of most pathogens causing nosocomial UTI's.
O'Neil® Sterile Field Urinary Catheters Features :
- Pre-lubricated catheter
- Has its own sterile field bag which replaces the traditional sterile field gowns, drapes, etc
- Complete with drainage bag. Intermittent-sterile field bag doubles as a urine collection bag. Indwelling catheter is available without drainage bag enabling the user to choose a drainage bag.
- Unique silicone introducer which extends the sterile field into the body
- Quick and easy to use
- Suitable for spinal injury units, labour wards, casualty theatres, general urology, home nursing services and self-catheterisation
O'Neil® Sterile Field Urinary Intermittent Catheter Kit
Features:- Intermittent catheter
- Gloves
- Povidone iodine pre-pads
- Gauze cloth
- Blue underpad
References:
- O'Neil® AGB, Jenkins DT, Wells, JL. A New Catheter For The Female Patient Aust NZ Journal Obstetrics & Gynaecology (1982); 22:151-2
- O'Neil® AGB. The Bacterial Content Of The Female Urethra. A New Study Method. British Journal Of Urology (1981); 53:368-70
- Urological Product research for the Spinal Cord Injury Patient Requiring Intermittent Catheterisation. Texas Rehabilitation Institute/Abstract
- Abstract. The Use of a Closed Intermittent Catheter System in Hospitalised Patients Following Spinal Cord Injury. Mary N Young et al, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Oct 92, Volume 73 #10, page 983.
- Difference In Urinary Tract Infections in Male and Female Spinal Cord Injury Patients on Intermittent Cathterisation. C.J Bennett, M.N Young, H Darrington. Paraplegia (1994), 33, 69-72.
- Abstract. The Effect of Urethral Introducer Tip Catheters on the Incidence of UTI outcomes in SCI Patients On Intermittent Catheterisation Across Multiple Variables. M Young, C Bennett et al. The Journal Of Spinal Cord Medicine. April 1995, Volume 18, No. 2, page 112.
- No-Touch Catheterisation and infection rates in a Select Spinal Cord Injured Population. R. Charbonneau-Smith. rehabilitation Nursing Volume 18, No. 5 Sept/Oct 1993.