What occurs during TICE BCG treatment?
The instillation — pouring the medicine into your bladder — takes only a few minutes. However, the medicine must stay in your bladder for 2 hours. The process itself is simple. • Your genital area is cleaned with a sterile solution and you are draped with a sterile sheet. • A tube (a catheter) is passed through your urethra and into your bladder. Any urine that remains in your bladder can then be removed so that the BCG can easily touch all of the bladder lining. • The TICE BCG mixture is administered into your bladder through the catheter. • The medication stays in your bladder for 2 hours. During that time, you will be lying down. Your position will be changed from time to time to make sure that the BCG is in contact with all parts of the lining of the bladder long enough to be effective. • Lying down and changing position may also help to reduce the urge to urinate during the treatment period.
