Management of urinary tract infection in geriatric hospital patients

• DOI: 10.5124/jkma.2017.60.7.550
• Publication Date: 2017-08-10T08:18:28Z
• Authors: Hong Wook Kim; Jin Bum Kim; Young Seop Chang
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine

As the elderly population increases, so does prevalence of urinary tract infections in long-term care facilities and associated medical costs. Screening tests treatment for asymptomatic bacteriuria residents community or are not recommended. However, febrile should be treated with proper antibiotics. Patients who have risk factors require prompt therapy. Catheter-associated is most common hospital-acquired infection. The important factor an increased likelihood developing catheter-associated duration catheterization. Long-term catheter indwelling avoided, it necessary to reduce unnecessary insertion. Most patients asymptomatic, they do treatment. Symptomatic treated. best strategy reducing involves careful aseptic insertion maintenance a closed dependent drainage system. Steps must taken catheter-related light increasing population.