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Investigative Techniques > Catheterization > Urinary Catheterization > Intermittent Urethral Catheterization
Therapeutics > Catheterization > Urinary Catheterization > Intermittent Urethral Catheterization

Preferred term

Intermittent Urethral Catheterization  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Insertion of a catheter into the urethra to drain the urine from the bladder at intervals as needed. Insertion of a catheter into the urethra to drain the urine from the bladder at intervals as needed using clean techniques and disposable or cleansed reusable catheters as opposed to using asceptic technique with sterile catheters and disinfecting lubricants.

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In other languages

  • French

  • Cathétérisme urétral intermittent
  • Cathétérismes urétraux intermittents
  • Sondages urétraux intermittents

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WC724WXZ-X

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