RIC-Wu catheter kit: new device for an old problem.
A new catheter kit has been developed for sterile urethral catheterization. It is useful for any patient requiring catheterization but has special advantages for the spinal cord injured person with a neurogenic bladder. The RIC-Wu Catheter Kit is simply a straight rubber catheter contained in a sterile clear plastic bag with one end formed into a restricted sterile field and the other into a tear-off chamber for urine laboratory testing. In clinical trials the RIC-Wu Catheter Kit has been found to have several advantages over the conventional sterile catheter tray: staff or self-catheterization is usually easier, faster and can be carried out with the patient sitting in a wheelchair in any private place; it is pocket sized and can be less expensive; less professional staff time is expected for a catheterization program; catheterization-induced infection rates are expected to be the same or less.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000628:therapy*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods