Placing The Bd Purewick™ Female External Catheter - BD PureWick Urine Collection System Getting Started

Placing the BD PureWick™
Female External Catheter
Placing the BD PureWick™ Female External Catheter does require practice.
If you need further assistance, please contact your healthcare professional for help.
1.
Perform perineal care and assess
skin integrity.
3.
With soft gauze side facing patient,
align distal end at gluteal cleft.
2.
Separate legs, gluteus muscles,
and labia. Palpate pubic bone
as anatomical marker.
4.
Gently tuck soft gauze side between
separated gluteus and labia.
5.
Turn the device power switch on.
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