Can-SCIP Coach App
  1. Can-SCIP
  2. Recommendations
  3. Guidelines
  4. Section 2 - MANAGEMENT OF SCI COMPLICATIONS

K - BLADDER FUNCTION




Offer individuals with neurogenic urinary tract dysfunction, their family members, and caregivers specific information and training. Individuals who are starting to use or are using a bladder management system that involves the use of catheters, appliances or pads, should:

  1. receive training, support and review from healthcare professionals who are trained to provide support in the relevant bladder management systems and are knowledgeable about the range of products available,
  2. have access to appropriate education on managing the daily and social needs of their bladder,
  3. have access to a range of products that meet their needs, and
  4. have their products reviewed at a maximum of 2 yearly intervals. SCI-U Patient Education Link on Bladder: http://sci-u.ca/bladder-2
(Adapted from NICE 2012, p. 70; Level C)
Patients with indwelling urethral catheters should be offered conversion to a suprapubic catheter in the setting of significant urethral damage (and ideally before the urethra has been irreversibly damaged and there is a risk of stress incontinence). (CUA 2019, p.163; Level B)