What do the guidelines recommend?

Guidelines recommend that comprehensive training on clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) technique should be provided to neurourological patients.^1-3 Whenever a patient presents with a UTI, IC technique and frequency must be reviewed.³

What is the impact of IC training?

A randomised controlled trial (RCT) evaluated the UTI frequency upon educational intervention. It showed:

• less bacteriuria
• fewer symptom reports
• fewer antibiotic treatment episodes
• lower UTI frequency⁴

 Another multi-centre study showed that a good education programme (ep) can improve adherence to IC during the first year at home:

• 99% (ep) vs. 83%⁵