TY - JOUR T1 - Improving the diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections at Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 25 LP - 25 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s25 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Shuaib Quraishi Y1 - 2019/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_1/25.abstract N2 - Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most commonly diagnosed infections among hospitalised patients. We know from previous audit data that we are inappropriately diagnosing and inappropriately prescribing antibiotics for UTIs, which can lead to side effects and harm to patients. Audit data suggest that 30% of patients treated for a UTI actually meet national guideline criteria. Urine samples were sent in 69% uncatheterised episodes where the clinical criteria for UTI were not fulfilled. There is an over-reliance on … ER -