- Serious clinical documentation is an insurance of the catheter’s safety
- Many users lack a sense of feeling and therefore can not rely on pain as a warning system
- Catheters must be safe and suitable for lifelong therapy, because it often takes years before any complications become evident
- Greater friction – means increased risk for injury
LoFric is the world’s most well documented catheter
Since catheterisation is often a lifelong therapy we must make sure that the catheters really are safe for long-term use. Staying healthy and avoiding infections are very important. For someone who uses a catheter 3–6 times a day it can mean the difference between falling ill or staying healthy. The greater the friction between the catheter and the urinary tract, the greater the risk that catheterisation will cause injury and/or bleeding. Several studies show that injuries usually become visible only after some years of catheter use. As users often lack a sense of feeling, pain can not always be relied upon to serve as a warning system for damage or injury. For a user, clinical documentation is an insurance that the catheter will not end up creating urethral damage.
Not all catheters are the same
A common myth is that all catheters that have been approved by a Health Care system are of equal quality and that their health effects during long-term use are well documented. In reality, however, this approval often means that they simply meet the minimum standards. Every catheterisation causes strain on the urethra. Each small injury by itself is not particularly significant, but over time these individual injuries add up. In the long term, this can mean the difference between falling ill or staying healthy.