for those of you that have had to leave the catheter in for awhile, what did you use to clamp it so that it wouldn't leak?

I actually used a cork to fit in the end of my catheter. Then I put a small piece of tape over the cork plug. Never had any problems with leakage at the end of the cath.

good idea but don't have those around the house.
did find binder clips you use for stacks of papers. I have all sizes and it clamps great!

Les,
Do you have a 60cc syringe in the package? They come with a 'plastic plug' over the tip. It fits perfectly into the tube. I reinforce it with a piece of tape. If you don't have a syringe in the package but an old syringe laying around then use a hot bread knife (heat it on the stove but be very careful) and cut the end off of the syringe..then use a flame to soften the plastic to make a flat ended plug...I used it for weeks before I thought of the tip cover.
They also sell the bag closers for chip bags..Sometimes when I had to go out I would use one higher up on the tube to make double sure that I was safe (since leaking into my best friend's new converible I decided to play it safe ).
Good luck with it...worse case senario you can melt down any plastic that you have using heat/flame/hot water and create your own plug (check out kids toys..full of useful plast pieces!)
Sharon

Lesrich1

Type in catheter plug on the internet and you'll find many suppliers and also pictures that show how it works.

bcirray

thank you all. this little binder clip is really working quite well. I will check out the internet Ray.