What is a LoFric catheter?
What is a LoFric catheter?
LoFric® is our original low-friction catheter. It is an all-purpose catheter that is ideal for both busy hospitals and for patient use at home. LoFric requires clean water for activation of the Urotonic™ Surface Technology low-friction coating on the tubing. Available in sizes for men, women and children.
How do you use a LoFric Origo catheter?
The LoFric Origo is a hydrophilic catheter with Urotonic surface technology. An included sterile saline sachet activates the coating. Simply squeeze the sachet to let the water run over the catheter tube, and it’s ready for you to use. No additional lubrication needed!
What is LoFric Origo?
A ready to use catheter developed for men, LoFric Origo enables user-friendly intermittent catheterization. It is discreetly packaged and foldable to pocket size, making LoFric Origo easy to carry and use wherever you are. All it takes is a gentle squeeze to activate the catheter for use.
How do you use LoFric sense?
How to use Wellspect LoFric Sense Intermittent Catheter?
- Start by washing your hands with soap and water.
- Squeeze package and break the water packet to soak the catheter before use.
- Peel open label.
- Hold flap and remove catheter.
- After use, return catheter to package and reseal label.
What is a catheter used for?
A urinary catheter is a flexible tube used to empty the bladder and collect urine in a drainage bag. Urinary catheters are usually inserted by a doctor or nurse.
Why does a patient need a catheter?
Urinary catheters are used to drain the bladder. Your health care provider may recommend that you use a catheter if you have: Urinary incontinence (leaking urine or being unable to control when you urinate) Urinary retention (being unable to empty your bladder when you need to)
Can you still pee with a catheter in?
They can either be inserted through the tube that carries urine out of the bladder (urethral catheter) or through a small opening made in your lower tummy (suprapubic catheter). The catheter usually remains in the bladder, allowing urine to flow through it and into a drainage bag.
How long can you wear a catheter?
Frequency of catheter changes Catheters usually stay in place between 2 and 12 weeks. Manufacturers guarantee that a catheter is safe to use for a number of weeks.
Can you go home with a catheter?
You may go home with a Foley catheter in place after your surgery. During the daytime, your catheter will be connected to a leg bag that attaches to your thigh. At night, you can change it to a larger bag.
What is urinary retention caused by?
The most common cause of urinary retention is benign prostatic hyperplasia. Other common causes include prostatitis, cystitis, urethritis, and vulvovaginitis; receiving medications in the anticholinergic and alpha-adrenergic agonist classes; and cortical, spinal, or peripheral nerve lesions.
Why am I peeing around my catheter?
A: Occasional leakage around the tube is usually due to a bladder spasm. The balloon on the tip (which is resting inside your bladder) will irritate the bladder lining and trigger a bladder spasm. This is a forceful, involuntary contraction of the bladder muscle that causes urine to be quickly forced out.
Why is the LoFric hydro Kit Hung over the knee?
The loops allow easy opening and the textured Insertion Grip allows for better grip and non-touch technique. Thanks to the long neck it can be hung over the knee for convenient catheterization.
Where can I get free samples of LoFric products?
In some countries, there is also the possibility to order free product samples directly online. All LoFric products are manufactured without PVC, phthalates and latex. After trying LoFric® Origo™, the users and the healthcare professionals (HCP’s) have had their say. Technical data, product images samples and product range.
Is the name LoFric a trademark of wellspect?
LoFric ® is the registered trademark of Wellspect HealthCare. Product availability and/or product specification may differ between markets, please contact your local representative for more information.