So far these are the best way I've come across to secure a foley catheter to prevent pulling. They're easy to apply and remove, more on that later, and do a pretty good job of securing the catheter. Figuring out the placement spot that works best will be a bit of trial and error. Try to find more than one place so you can rotate them to give the skin in one place time to recover before putting it back in that same spot. You also need to be careful that you're not putting too much stress on that skin. The older the patient is, the more important that becomes as skin tends to lose it's elasticity as the patient gets older making it easier to tear. Even in a younger patient, too much stress can result in pain and/or blistering that might go unnoticed until you remove the device, tearing open the blister in the process. To avoid those problems, think about the way in which the tubing will pull against the device and place it in such as way that there won't be any twisting. Also, make sure to get it right because it loses its stickiness immediately. You can't peel it off and reapply it. The easy removal is both a blessing and a curse. The blessing comes when it's time to replace the device. The curse is that you'll be lucky if it lasts a week. Take care not to get it wet when bathing. It's almost guaranteed to come off in the shower or tub. In my case, they usually start to peel off after a couple of days. Once I notice the edges starting to come up, it's usually fallen off by the next morning.

comes off when wet