Here is some additional information about urinary infections:
UTI Event Reporting – Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, Training Presentation – Produced by National Healthcare Safety Network.
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Event for Long-term Care Facilities, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC – This has excellent protocols for determining the existence of urinary tract infections.
Nosocomial Infections What Geriatricians Should Know – American Geriatrics.
Candidiasis Yeast Infection Symptoms and Signs – emedicinehealth.com.
Catheter Urinary Infections
CAUTI Baseline Prevention Practices Assessment Tool – Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC.
CAUTI Tool Kit – Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC,
Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs) – Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC – Deals with Prevention of Healthcare Infections.
FAQs about Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections – Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC.
Urinary Tract Infections: Indwelling (Foley) Catheter – Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System, University of Washington Rehabilitation Medicine.
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection – Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Management of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Barbara W. Trautner, MD, PhD.
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) – Health Care-Associated Infections (HAI), The Joint Commission.
If you would like information about elder abuse or neglect including a urinary tract infection, UTI, contact attorney Kenneth LaBore at 612-743-9048 or by email at: : klabore@MNnursinghomeneglect.com