The International Continence Society (ICS) survey on intermittent catheterization and global practices with regard to the reuse of catheters

Factors associated with symptomatic urinary tract infection in persons with spinal cord lesions who perform clean intermittent catheterization with single‐use catheters

“…In terms of genital cleaning, 76.5% of participants answered that they had been instructed to clean their genital region before inserting SCs, which was consistent with the findings that 82.9% of respondents from survey of the members of the International Continence Society (ICS) recommended some form of genital cleaning for persons with CIC 15 . However, the rate of the practice was unexpectedly low at less than 50%.…”

“…The rate of lubricant use among persons with PVC was about 72% and 12% of male and female participants, respectively, much lower than expected, in the present study. According to the ICS survey, 98.3% of respondents of the ICS members recommended the use of some type of lubricant, and 48.8% of respondents recommended the use of a local anesthetic jelly, which is also commonly used in Japan 15 . The use of lubricants is included for the prevention of urethral trauma and subsequent urethral stricture as well as sUTI 8,10 .…”

“…The re‐use of SCs is off‐label, but the rate of re‐use in the real‐world practice reaches up to 50% 18 . In the ICS survey, 52% of the ICS members in high‐income countries recommended single‐use only, while only 24% of members in low‐income countries did so 15 . Reusing SCs is not recommended because the incidence of sUTI is estimated to be 40%–60% for single‐use and 70%–80% for re‐use of SCs 18 .…”