CathPal® Instructions

 
 

To secure your Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter:

Start by cleaning and drying the area of your skin around your catheter’s exit site. CathPal adheres best on clean and dry skin.

 

1. Place your catheter in the middle of the CathPal wrap. The middle part of this wrap, called Coban, sticks to itself.

2. Push the middle Coban part together so that it sticks together. The Coban material sticks to itself.

3. Peel off the adhesive liner on both sides and adhere to your body. This acts as an anchor preventing your catheter from getting pulled.

4. Since the catheter is long, shorten it by forming a loop as shown in the photo.

5. Weave Cathpal under the transfer set and loop. Make sure the adhesive is on the outside and is positioned on top.


6. Fold the bottom flap up to the top, wrapping it around the transfer set and tubing loop. Apply pressure to the Coban so that it sticks together.


7. Carefully remove the adhesive liner.

8. Adhere CathPal to your body.

9. Final Securement of the catheter with CathPal.

For Dialysis Access:

1. To release and access the catheter for dialysis, carefully peel the Coban apart without removing the adhesive from your skin.

2. After dialysis, form a loop with the catheter (same step as #4 above) and fold the bottom of the CathPal flap up to the top, wrapping it around the transfer set and loop. Apply pressure to the Coban so that it sticks together. The catheter is now re-secured.