Foley catheter system with specimen sampling port disinfectant cap and corresponding tray packaging systems and drainage products
A medical procedure kit includes a Foley catheter having a specimen sampling port coupled thereto. A disinfectant cap is selectively attachable to, and detachable from, the specimen sampling port of the Foley catheter.
1 . A medical procedure kit, comprising:
a Foley catheter having a specimen sampling port coupled thereto;
coiled tubing attached to the Foley catheter;
a disinfectant cap that is selectively attachable to, and detachable from, the specimen sampling port of the Foley catheter; and
a container attached to the coiled tubing within which the disinfectant cap is situated.
2 . The medical procedure kit of claim 1 , further comprising a sponge situated within an interior of the disinfectant cap, wherein the sponge situates between a distal end of the specimen sampling port and a major surface of the interior of the disinfectant cap when the disinfectant cap is selectively attached to the specimen sampling port.
3 . The medical procedure kit of claim 2 , wherein the sponge is pre-saturated with a disinfecting liquid.
4 . The medical procedure kit of claim 3 , wherein the disinfecting liquid comprises at least seventy percent isopropyl alcohol.
5 . The medical procedure kit of claim 4 , wherein the specimen sampling port comprises a urine sampling port.
6 . The medical procedure kit of claim 5 , wherein the disinfectant cap is sealed within the container within the medical procedure kit.
7 . The medical procedure kit of claim 6 , wherein the container comprises a sterilized plastic bag encapsulating the disinfectant cap after sterilization.
8 . The medical procedure kit of claim 6 , further comprising a fluid drain bag with the coiled tubing coupling the Foley catheter to the fluid drain bag within the medical procedure kit.
9 . The medical procedure kit of claim 6 , further comprising:
a first tray;
a second tray nested atop, and suspended by, the first tray, the second tray defining a plurality of preformed compartments configured to receive and house a plurality of medical implements;
the Foley catheter positioned within a Foley catheter compartment of the plurality of preformed compartments of the second tray; and
a drainage system stowed within an interior of the first tray, the drainage system comprising at least a portion of the coiled tubing coupled between the Foley catheter and a fluid drain bag.
10 . The medical procedure kit of claim 6 , further comprising a Foley catheter securement device, one or more swab sticks, and a Foley catheter insertion tag each situated within the container with the disinfectant cap within the medical procedure kit.
11 . The medical procedure kit of claim 10 , further comprising:
a single-layer tray comprising a first compartment at least partially bounded by a first base member, a second compartment at least partially bounded by a second base member, and a third compartment at least partially bounded by a third base member;
at least one syringe situated within the first compartment; and
the Foley catheter, coupled to the coiled tubing and a fluid drain bag, disposed within the second compartment.
12 . A medical procedure kit, comprising:
a Foley catheter coupled to a urine sampling port; and
a disinfectant cap that is selectively attachable to, and detachable from, the urine sampling port of the Foley catheter, the disinfectant cap including a bacteria-killing fluid held within a fluid-retaining medium situated within an interior of the disinfectant cap and spanning an underside of a top of the disinfectant cap;
the disinfectant cap preventing bacteria from entering the Foley catheter through the urine sampling port when attached to the urine sampling port.
13 . The medical procedure kit of claim 12 , wherein bacteria-killing fluid saturates the fluid-retaining medium.
14 . The medical procedure kit of claim 13 , wherein the fluid-retaining medium comprises a sponge and the bacteria-killing fluid comprises isopropyl alcohol.
15 . The medical procedure kit of claim 14 , further comprising:
a tray comprising a first compartment at least partially bounded by a first base member, a second compartment at least partially bounded by a second base member, and a third compartment at least partially bounded by a third base member;
at least one syringe situated within the first compartment;
the Foley catheter, coupled to a coiled tubing and a fluid drain bag, disposed within the second compartment; and
a container enclosing a Foley catheter securement device, one or more swab sticks, a Foley catheter insertion tag, and the disinfectant cap situated in the third compartment.
16 . The medical procedure kit of claim 14 , wherein the urine sampling port is threaded, and the disinfectant cap comprises complementary threads along the interior.
17 . The medical procedure kit of claim 14 , wherein the interior of the disinfectant cap defines a friction fit surface to frictionally retain the disinfectant cap to an exterior of the urine sampling port when the disinfectant cap is attached to the urine sampling port.
18 . A medical procedure kit, comprising:
at least one tray supporting a Foley catheter coupled to a urine sampling port and a coiled tubing; and
a package attached to the coiled tubing situated within the medical procedure kit containing a disinfectant cap that is selectively attachable to, and detachable from, the urine sampling port of the Foley catheter, the disinfectant cap including a sponge wetted by a solution comprising at least seventy-percent isopropyl alcohol situated within an interior of the disinfectant cap.
19 . The medical procedure kit of claim 18 , wherein the at least one tray comprises a single layer tray defining a first compartment and a second compartment, with the Foley catheter and the urine sampling port situated within the first compartment and the package situated in the second compartment.
20 . The medical procedure kit of claim 18 , wherein the at least one tray comprises:
a first tray;
a second tray nested atop, and suspended by, the first tray, the second tray defining a plurality of preformed compartments configured to receive and house a plurality of medical implements;
the Foley catheter positioned within a Foley catheter compartment of the plurality of preformed compartments of the second tray; and
a drainage system stowed within an interior of the first tray, the drainage system comprising at least a portion of the coiled tubing coupled between the Foley catheter and a fluid drain bag.