Currently there is neither a regulatory foundation nor evidence-based medicine available to recommend reuse or multiple use of catheters for intermittent catheterization. High-level evidence from studies comparing the effect of reuse/multiple use versus single use on symptomatic urinary tract infection and urethral injury is still missing.
European urology focus. 2019 Oct 15 [Epub ahead of print]
Matthias Walter, Andrei V Krassioukov
International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Neuro-Urology, Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland., International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver, Canada. Electronic address: .