URINARY TRACT INFECTION

Course overview

FORTY PERCENT OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES WILL DEVELOP A URINARY TRACT INFECTION (UTI) AT SOME POINT IN HER LIFETIME, MAKING THIS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON INFECTIONS IN WOMEN. UNCOMPLICATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, ALSO KNOWN AS CYSTITIS OR LOWER URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, ARE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS OF THE BLADDER AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES. UNCOMPLICATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS OCCUR IN FEMALE PATIENTS WITH NO STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITY OR COMORBIDITIES SUCH AS DIABETES, OLD AGE, PREGNANCY, OR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED STATUS. COMPLICATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS OCCUR IN PATIENTS WITH STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITIES OR COMORBIDITIES SUCH AS DIABETES, OLD AGE, PREGNANCY, OR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED STATUS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM MEMBERS IN COLLABORATING TO PROVIDE WELL-COORDINATED CARE AND ENHANCE OUTCOMES FOR AFFECTED PATIENTS.