Primary Care

Preventing Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) and Improving Hydration training

Urinary tract infections cause a significant burden of infections in our older people and a high rate of hospital admissions. This can be improved by implementing some relatively simple measures.

Please watch BOTH the training animation (Out of Hospital Management YouTube video) AND training presentation below (total time 30 minutes).

Please also remember to complete the surveys (links below). The pre-session survey to record your attendance (setting and numbers attending only) and knowledge prior to training and the post-session survey to test your knowledge following the training and to access a certificate of attendance.

To access the surveys as mentioned in the training above, click the following:

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/UTI_Pre_SessionSurvey/

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/UTI_Post_SessionSurvey/

Resources

• How to take a urine sample for patients
• Hydration information leaflet
• To dip or not to dip – patient and relative leaflet
• Keep hydrated poster
• Think Kidney – AKI Home – Acute Kidney Injury (thinkkidneys.nhs.uk)
• UTI / Infection Assessment tool for over 65 years for community setting

IPC Standard Precautions Training for Primary Care 2023