Urinary Tract Infection Awareness PM Session

Course Duration:

1.30pm - 4.30pm

Target Audience:

All staff, volunteers, family carers, direct employers and their PA’s

Aim:

To provide staff with an understanding of UTI’s and enable participants to confidently spot the signs and symptoms of this infection. This session is delivered by a registered Nurse facilitator with first hand clinical experience.

Learning Outcomes:

• What is a UTI, how this type of infection presents itself and what it does to the body
• Rapid identification techniques
• Risks and other associated medical conditions
• Holistic Prevention – what other factors impact this infection such as dehydration and hygiene
• Psychological considerations
• Treatments and Medications
• Practical demonstration workshops of testing strips and result evaluation
• UTI’s in patients with a urinary catheter and methods of testing
• Escalation processes and specialised services, e.g. red flags for referral to urology
• Case Study discussions including examples from practice