Indwelling Catheter Insertion Checklist
1. Maintain Standard Precautions throughout procedure
2. Verbalizes rationale of each step
3. Maintained patient privacy, dignity & safety throughout procedure
4. Check medical record for order
5. Gather supplies
6. Enter room & introduce yourself
7. Identify patient with 2 identifiers & compare with EMR
8. Explain procedure to patient in lay terms, inquire re: iodine &/or
latex allergies, allow for questions
9. Raise side rail on opposite side & set bed at appropriate height
10. Assist patient to dorsal recumbent position
11. Provide draping & cleanse perineal area with soap and water
(verbalize how to correctly drape & cleanse,
demonstration not required)
12. Throughout procedure, principles of maintaining a sterile field
apply.
13. Prepare equipment/sterile field and put on sterile gloves
14. Cleanse perineal area correctly & does not allow cleansed area to
become contaminated
15. Lubricate catheter. Females: 1-2 inches. Males: 5-7 inches.
16. Female: Insert catheter until urine is noted and then insert 2
inches further
Male: Insert catheter to bifurcation
17. Hold catheter with dominant, sterile hand without touching patient
18. Using non-dominant hand, reach under the sterile hand, & inflate
balloon with full contents of syringe while maintaining positive
pressure on syringe plunger
19. Release dominant, sterile hand from catheter & detach syringe
20. Pull gently on catheter until resistance is met with sterile hand
21. Properly remove gloves & wash hands. Put on clean gloves
22. Place drainage bag below level of bladder on non-movable part of
bed
23. Secure catheter to thigh with tape
24. Assist patient to comfortable position, lower bed & dispose of
equipment
25. Properly remove gloves & wash hands.
26. Safety check before leaving patient’s bedside/room
27. Performed procedure within 15 minutes.
28. Verbally report patient name, catheterization date/time, size of
catheter, balloon fluid amount, urine amount/color/consistency &
patient’s procedure tolerance