Catheters: Research
(asked on 21st October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 291565, whether all catheters used in the proposed Multicath clinical trial comparing single use and reuse of catheters will be CE marked as appropriate specifically for that single or multiple use.
Applications to the National Institute for Health Research Programme Grants for Applied Research programme are not published. Further information about the trial can be found at the following link:
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/multicath/index.page
The Heath Research Authority (HRA) does not routinely publish applications for ethical approval or the minutes from Research Ethics Committee meetings, as they are commercially sensitive. A summary of the study is available at the following link:
The Cliny intermittent catheter was identified as suitable for use in the trial. This catheter is CE-marked for re-use over 28 days provided a cleaning process is followed between uses.