Journal article
Reducing urinary tract infections in care homes by improving hydration
- Abstract:
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Dehydration may increase the risk of urinary tract infections (UTIs), which can lead to confusion, falls, acute kidney injury and hospital admission. We aimed to reduce the number of UTIs in care home residents which require admission to hospital. The principal intervention was the introduction of seven structured drink rounds every day accompanied by staff training and raising awareness. UTIs requiring antibiotics reduced by 58% and UTIs requiring hospital admissions reduced by 36%, when ave...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMJ Open Quality (ESSN: 2399-6641) Journal website
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- Article :e000563
- Publication date:
- 2019-07-10
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-06-24
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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2399-6641
- Pmid:
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31363503
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:1037348
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- pubs:1037348
- Source identifiers:
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1037348
- Deposit date:
- 2019-11-13
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- 2019
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- © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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