Study: Failure to Administer Meds, Inadequate Supervision Tied to UTIs

Researchers have found that lapses in nursing care are significantly linked to the incidence or urinary tract infections, or UTIs.

The researchers found that there are seven categories of care linked to UTI incidence. The categories with the strongest correlation were failure to administer medications and lack of adequate supervision. These two categories accounted for 40 percent of the variance in the perfect of residents with UTIs.

The information the researchers studied was culled from Nursing Home Compare data and New Jersey state survey data.

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