URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
Antimicrobial prescribing: NHS Grampian, Orkney & Shetland
Refer to PHE UTI guidance for diagnosis information
People >65 years: do not treat asymptomatic bacteriuria: it is common but is not associated with increased morbidity.
Catheter in situ: antibiotics will not eradicate bacteriuria; only treat if systemically unwell or pyelonephritis likely.
For antibiotic treatment of catheter UTI see pyleonephritis.
Do not use prophylactic antibiotics for catheter changes unless history of catheter-change associated UTI or trauma.