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Hey again,
Thanks for the reply. I just wanted to add that my organized bathroom countertop was nothing formal. It was just like when you prepare to cook a meal: you get your ingredients out and organize the kitchen counter with them. It was always quick: my alcohol prep packs were in a box on the counter or at times in a drawer. I just pulled two out, tore them open and pulled them out laying them on top of the package they had been in. After emptying my catheter bag in the toilet, I'd walk to the bathroom counter, use one alcohol prep pack to clean the disconnected end of that catheter bag, and the other prep pack to clean the opening of the smaller leg-strapped bag, or just the opening of the penile catheter orifice waiting attachment of the new bag, Simple...no big deal. I just did it that way to minimize the time that the catheter attachment tip was exposed to the air.

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It makes a lot of sense to have a designated space for this to handle the job efficiently and with miniminal chance of cross-contamination.