hi I'm Randy golden for medical technologies of Georgia and I'm here today to introduce everybody to our new MTG hydrophilic coded intermittent catheters so let's take a look at what's inside each package we have the catheter the blue no-touch sleeve and the water sachet all packaged in a neat and completely sterile sleeve upon flipping the package over you'll want to verify French size length and tip style or as prescribed by your doctor MTG hydrophilic catheters are offered in french sizes 8 through 16 we also offer male and female lengths straight or coude tip and for uses with sensation we offer a new soft vinyl catheter it's much more comfortable to use so let's look at each of the individual catheters we offer it first of all the pediatric style are 10 inches long with the appropriate color-coded funnel this one happens to be an 8 because again it is an international color coding the pediatric products do come with a no touch sleeve for ladies we have the female length catheter which doesn't have the sleeve it and the reason being that we felt like there wasn't enough room on the catheter to be able to hold the catheter and the sleeve and we thought the sleeve might just get in the way so we offer this one without the sleeve but again as you watch the female video you see how easy this catheter is to insert for male users we have a couple different options the 16 inch long male catheter does come with the Blue Note touch sleeve this is our firm option we also make that exact same catheter in a softer variety so if you have any sensation as you catheterize you may wish to try the soft variety as it is going to be more comfortable to insert again with the Blue Note touch sleeve and then finally we offer the coudé variety this happens to be a 16 again the orange tip and you see here the end of the catheter has a little bend on it and that is designed to get the catheter past any strictures along the way or an enlarged prostate all of our catheters Wetherby coude pediatric etc all have rounded fire-polished islets so they're going to be less traumatic as the catheter passes through the urethra less irritating and all of our catheters are de HP free there isn't any of the de HP carcinogen in any of our catheters so now let's talk about the correct use of MTG hydrophilic coated catheters in order to use the catheter what we're going to do is we're going to bend at the top where the water sachet is located and burst it open and then you're going to unfold the package and slosh the package back and forth five or six times to make sure that the entire surface of the catheter is coated and then we're going to wait 30 seconds for the coating to activate while we're waiting 30 seconds for the catheter to hydrate a little tip here is to remove the blue wrapper and use the sticky to adhere the catheter nearby where you're actually going to do the catheterization procedure hygiene is very important when you catheter eyes always remember to wash your hands and your genitalia prior to catheterization and afterwards all right so to catheterize with the MTG hydrophilic catheter put out of the pouch using the Blue Note touch sleeve patients with enlarged prostate may be asked by their physician to use what's known as a coude tip catheter which has a little bend on the end as we shown earlier in our culinary video this particular catheter has a line on the funnel and it's very important that if you're using a coup d'etat catheter that during the entire procedure you actually can see that line as you insert the catheter this line indicates that the tip of the coudé the curved tip catheter is facing upward so when the catheter reaches the prostate it's more likely to go in okay we're going to just draw the blue no-touch sleeve forward down the shaft of the catheter I'm going to reach back now again right handed you can see the curve here I'm going to insert the curve of the catheter and get things started I'm going to take my left hand now and go back and grasp the funnel scoot back about three inches and I'm going to start inserting the catheter the orange funnel by the way indicates this is a 16 French catheter we have international color-coded French sizing and once the catheter reaches the bladder you're going to want to direct the fluid down into the toilet you'll notice here that I always throughout the entire process kept that line facing upward and once urine flow is complete again I'm going to pull the catheter out about a half and then see if I have additional fluid when I'm completely empty I'm going to pair the catheter out as I did before and use the tissue to catch the eyes the catheter so there's no spilling please remember that use catheters can be a potential biohazard please dispose of these using accepted medical practice thank you for watching our video today if you'd like samples please go to our website med tech GA comm we get samples of our uncoated catheters a hydrophilic catheters and if you're having issues with the court urinary tract infections you can request samples of our closed system intermittent catheters which are designed to reduce the risk of UTIs