While proper hygiene and hand washing are important factors in every aspect of daily life, the importance is higher still after using the restroom. This is particularly the case if articles of incontinence management have to be dealt with, such as emptying collection bags or replacing an external male catheter.

Male urinary incontinence affects millions of men, both young and old, around the world. Although it is a problem that does become more common in older individuals, spinal cord injuries, neurological conditions, prostrate surgery and an array of other medical conditions all represent typical causes of incontinence even in young men.

Catheterization as part of incontinence management often fills the concerned individuals with dread. The thought of a tube being inserted into them is not a welcome one and many are aware of the trauma such an insertion can cause to a bladder.

As people drink, the consumed liquid passes from the stomach and the small intestine into the bloodstream. The body monitors how much the blood is diluted and, depending on consumed volume and salt content, varies the production of urine by the kidney.