Hygiene management of intermittent self-catheterization using reusable silicon catheters in people with spinal cord lesions: A cross-sectional Internet survey in Japan.

There are individual differences in hygiene management and catheter maintenance of reusable silicon catheters, but the influence of these differences on the incidence and frequency of sUTI is not clear. Pain during ISC, bowel management problems, and inadequate instruction on catheter maintenance procedures are factors associated with sUTI.