Urine Meter
Urimeter · Urometer · Urine Meter Drainage Bag · Foley with Urimeter · Urine Output Meter
A urinary drainage bag with a small, rigid, clear measuring chamber built onto the front, marked in milliliters. When a reading is taken, the chamber is emptied into the larger bag behind it. It has drainage tubing, a samplingSAM-plingTaking a small part of something, such as blood or tissue, or choosing a group of people for a study.Full entry port and a hanger.
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What it’s for
Measures urine output accurately, usually hour by hour, during and after surgery. It is used when output is critically important: heart surgery and bypass, aortic and major vascular surgery, long or high-blood-loss cases, newborns and critically ill patients. It connects to an indwellingIN-dwel-ingPlaced inside the body and left there for a period of time.Full entry (indwelling urinary catheterin-DWEL-ing YUR-ih-nair-ee KATH-uh-terA tube passed through the urethra into the bladder and left in place to drain urine into a bag.Full entry ) catheter in place of a plain drainage bag.
Lengths and variants
Meter chambers commonly hold about 150 to 400 mL, attached to bags of about 2000 to 2500 mL. Pediatric versions are made. indwelling urinary catheterin-DWEL-ing YUR-ih-nair-ee KATH-uh-terA tube passed through the urethra into the bladder and left in place to drain urine into a bag.Full entry trays come with a urine meter already connected.
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- Association of Surgical Technologists. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. Chapter 10 (Instrumentation, Equipment, and Supplies), p. 285-286
- Goldman MA. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. Chapter 31 (Pediatric Surgery), p. 1004
- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 24 (Vascular Surgery), p. 888-889
- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 13 (Anesthesia, Physiological Monitoring, and Postanesthesia Recovery), p. 257
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