UTI dipstick tests, and the effects of staff turnover on patients

Update: 2025-02-04

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In this first episode of 2025, hosts Helen MacDonald and Juan Franco focus on hospitals - asking how useful UTI dipstick tests really are for acutely ill patients, and what are the effects of staff turnover on patient care in NHS hospitals?

01:11 The use of dipsticks for acutely ill UTI patients

07:48 Interview with UTI paper author

17:26 Turnover of doctors and nurses and the effects on patient care

18:41 Interview with staff turnover paper author

29:34 Helen and Juan’s thoughts on the staff turnover paper

Reading list:

- Diagnostic accuracy of dipsticks for urinary tract infections in acutely hospitalised patients: a prospective population-based observational cohort study.

- Nurse and doctor turnover and patient outcomes in NHS acute trusts in England: retrospective longitudinal study.

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UTI dipstick tests, and the effects of staff turnover on patients