Urinary Tract Infections
Urinary tract infection commonly abbreviated as UTI refers to a urinary tract infection that affects the body organs involved in urine excretion. These include the urethra, the bladder, urethras, and the kidneys. UTI can affect any part of the urinary tract and generally, the higher up the infection, the more acute it is. The kidneys and the urethras make up the upper urinary while the bladder and the urethra makes up the lower urinary tract (Spoorenberg, et al., 2015).
A UTI in the kidneys is the most severe and goes by the name pyelonephritis while urethritis is an infection in the urethra and is the least severe. An infection in the bladder is called cystitis. Studies have proved that UTIs are more prevalent in women …show more content…
Of great importance is to reduce the incidences of an indwelling catheter insertion. Other options such as the use of condom catheters or even the use of in-and-out catheterization should be considered first. Studies have also shown that a simple measure such as daily reminders to doctors and physicians from nurses to remove the urinary catheters that are no longer useful can reduce the infection rate. A research carried out by Huang and colleagues showed that reminders from nurses to physicians to remove catheters after five days of insertion were very useful and lowered CAUTI rate by approximately twenty-five percent (Spencer et al., …show more content…
Many studies have emphasized the need for nurses to analyze the significance of using a catheter in the first place. Around 50% of them are unnecessarily placed, and it is necessary for the nurses to liaise with the doctors to see if it is required. It is important to examine patients with catheters often so as to prevent health care infections. The most important aspect is that reminders should be set on when to remove the catheters as prolonged usage brings about a high chance of contracting CAUTI (Harada et al.,
Urinary tract infection commonly abbreviated as UTI refers to a urinary tract infection that affects the body organs involved in urine excretion. These include the urethra, the bladder, urethras, and the kidneys. UTI can affect any part of the urinary tract and generally, the higher up the infection, the more acute it is. The kidneys and the urethras make up the upper urinary while the bladder and the urethra makes up the lower urinary tract (Spoorenberg, et al., 2015).
A UTI in the kidneys is the most severe and goes by the name pyelonephritis while urethritis is an infection in the urethra and is the least severe. An infection in the bladder is called cystitis. Studies have proved that UTIs are more prevalent in women …show more content…
Of great importance is to reduce the incidences of an indwelling catheter insertion. Other options such as the use of condom catheters or even the use of in-and-out catheterization should be considered first. Studies have also shown that a simple measure such as daily reminders to doctors and physicians from nurses to remove the urinary catheters that are no longer useful can reduce the infection rate. A research carried out by Huang and colleagues showed that reminders from nurses to physicians to remove catheters after five days of insertion were very useful and lowered CAUTI rate by approximately twenty-five percent (Spencer et al., …show more content…
Many studies have emphasized the need for nurses to analyze the significance of using a catheter in the first place. Around 50% of them are unnecessarily placed, and it is necessary for the nurses to liaise with the doctors to see if it is required. It is important to examine patients with catheters often so as to prevent health care infections. The most important aspect is that reminders should be set on when to remove the catheters as prolonged usage brings about a high chance of contracting CAUTI (Harada et al.,