Catheterisation and urological surgery
Maintenance of catheters
Citric acid - dissolution of encrustation in lumen of the catheter.
Citric acid
Uro-Tainer Twin Suby G citric acid 3.23% catheter maintenance solution
Consult product literature.
Sodium chloride - dissolution of blood clots following urological surgery.
Sodium chloride
Sodium chloride 0.9% catheter maintenance solution
Consult product literature.
Prescribing Notes:
- Bladder infection – catheter maintenance solutions are not recommended.
- Sodium chloride 0.9% is used when a purely mechanical effect is needed to help remove small blood clots and tissue debris and reduce the number of micro-organisms. It is used for flexible cytoscopies.
- Solution G (citric acid 3.23%, magnesium oxide 0.38%, sodium bicarbonate 0.7%, disodium edetate 0.01%) is used in the removal of crystallisation in the catheter or bladder.
History Notes
18/05/2022
East Region Formulary content agreed.
Irrigation in urological surgery
Glycine
Glycine 1.5% irrigation solution 3litre bags
Consult product literature.
Prescribing Notes:
- Glycine is the irrigation of choice during transurethral resection of the prostate gland and bladder tumours.
History Notes
18/05/2022
East Region Formulary content agreed.