NICE guidance updates criteria for diagnosis of UTI in women

Health professionals in primary care should diagnose women under 65 with a urinary tract infection (UTI) if they have two or more of three key symptoms – dysuria, nocturia and cloudy urine – an update to NICE guidelines suggests. The guidelines are aimed at producing more accurate diagnoses, and to reduce unnecessary prescriptions of antibiotics,... Read moreThe post NICE guidance updates criteria for diagnosis of UTI in women appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
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