One in three hospital trips for urinary tract infections (UTIs) could potentially be avoided, experts have said. It comes as new data suggests UTIs cost NHS hospitals in England an estimated £604 ...

Avoiding the unnecessary use of indwelling catheters and promptly removing catheters that are no longer needed are the first steps in preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute ...

Updated consensus recommendations provide strategies for preventing both catheter-associated and noncatheter-associated UTIs.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Expanding beyond UTI vs. not UTI diagnostic guidelines may improve treatment and antimicrobial stewardship.

For the sick or elderly, a urinary tract infection (UTI) can prove deadly. With many vulnerable patients developing UTIs post-discharge, a new study suggests that better monitoring is needed after ...

Urinary tract infections are the most common type of healthcare-associated infection in the U.S. For hospitals looking to combat UTIs, a recent study published in the American Journal of Infection ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The overall rate of hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia that was likely secondary to HOUTI was 3.7%.

A simple change to St. Louis-based Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s electronic ordering system helped cut the number of unnecessary urine culture tests ordered for suspected urinary tract infections nearly in ...

Obesity has been recognized as one of the major factors causing the emergence of type 2 diabetes. It also affects the kidney, which works harder to filter the blood in the body, thereby causing damage ...