%0 Journal Article
%T Clean intermittent catheterization: Single use vs. reuse
%A Brandon Van Asseldonk
%A Dean S. Elterman
%A Seyed Hossein Saadat
%A Shaun Shepherd
%J Archive of "Canadian Urological Association Journal".
%D 2019
%R 10.5489/cuaj.5357
%X Intermittent catheterization (IC) is one of the fundamental aspects of managing patients with chronic urinary retention. Although reuse of catheters has been allowed to be chosen as the first option for IC, the optimal method of IC and the type of catheter has been a long-standing debate. We conducted a literature review regarding risk of urinary tract infection (UTI) and the costs associated with different methods and catheters
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6363567/