Definition of Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food) taken from the 2005 FDA Food Code, Section 1-201.10(B) Table B. Interaction of pH and aw for control of vegetative cells and spores in food not heat-treated or heat-treated but not packaged.
Most catheters have a small port located on the catheterâs tubing near the end of the catheter that is attached to the collection bag. To obtain a sample, cleanse the port using an alcohol swab. Then, using a sterile syringe, withdraw a sample of urine directly from the tubing of the catheter.
Make sure that urine is flowing out of the catheter into the urine collection bag. Make sure that the catheter tubing does not get twisted or kinked. Keep the urine collection bag below the level of your bladder. Make sure that the urine collection bag does not drag and pull on the catheter. Unless you have been told not to, it is okay to shower with your catheter and urine collection bag in place.