How Peezy works
I saw a 60 year-old woman with PMH of diabetes, stroke and with learning difficulties who had been troubled with urge incontinence for some months and who had never been able to give us a urine sample. Using Peezy, we obtained one, with no spills. Peezy enabled diagnosis, treatment and also highlights issues re care and needs of people from marginalised groups.
Barbara Oldham, Practice Nurse, Great Yarmouth and Waveney Primary Care Trust
- The standard 30ml universal container attaches to the Peezy funnel, which is designed to fit comfortably against the female perineum
- The patient passes urine as normal in a single flow
- Peezy expels the unwanted “first-burst” urine (10-15ml) from the bottom of the funnel
- The expanded cellulose sponge allows back up of midstream urine to fill the Universal Container
- Excess urine is voided through the U-duct exhaust and the slow flow through the expanded sponge
- When the patient has finished, she simply detaches the container
from the funnel - Peezy is disposed of, into the hospital’s own waste system for incineration