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Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management (NG224)
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing first or recurrent upper or lower urinary tract infection (UTI) in babies, children and young people under 16. It aims to achieve more consistent clinical practice, based on accurate diagnosis and effective management. It does not cover babies, children and young people with urinary catheters in situ, neurogenic bladders, significant pre-existing urinary tract disorders (uropathies), underlying renal disease or immunosuppression, or recurrent UTI in sexually active girls and young women under 16. It also does not cover babies, children and young people in intensive care units.
Urinary tract infection (catheter-associated): antimicrobial prescribing (NG113)
This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for catheter-associated urinary tract infection in children, young people and adults. It aims to optimise antibiotic use and reduce antibiotic resistance.
Urinary tract infection (recurrent): antimicrobial prescribing (NG112)
This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for preventing recurrent urinary tract infections in children, young people and adults who do not have a catheter. It aims to optimise antibiotic use and reduce antibiotic resistance.
This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing urinary tract infections in adults aged 16 and over. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Diagnosing urinary tract infections in women under 65
- Quality statement 2: Diagnosing urinary tract infections in adults with catheters
- Quality statement 3: Antibiotic treatment for asymptomatic bacteriuria in men and non-pregnant women
- Quality statement 4: Duration of antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infection
- Quality statement 5: Referring adults with recurrent urinary tract infection
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Urinary incontinence in neurological disease: assessment and management (CG148)
This guideline covers assessing and managing urinary incontinence in children, young people and adults with neurological disease. It aims to improve care by recommending specific treatments based on what symptoms and neurological conditions people have.
This quality standard covers diagnosing and managing urinary tract infection in infants, children and young people (under 16). It includes new and recurrent infections of the upper or lower urinary tract. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Presentation with unexplained fever of 38°C or higher
- Quality statement 2: History and examination – recording of risk factors
- Quality statement 3: Laboratory reporting – differentiation of E. coli and non-E. coli organisms
- Quality statement 4: Information about recognising re-infection
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This guideline covers managing lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men over 18. It aims to improve the quality of life for men with LUTS by recommending which assessments they should receive, and when conservative management, drug treatment and surgery can help.
This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for acute prostatitis. It aims to optimise antibiotic use and reduce antibiotic resistance.
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Complicated urinary tract infections: ceftolozane/tazobactam (ESNM74)
Summary of the evidence on ceftolozane/tazobactam for treating complicated urinary tract infections to inform local NHS planning and decision-making
This quality standard covers preventing and controlling infection in adults, young people and children receiving healthcare in primary, community and secondary care settings. It includes preventing healthcare-associated infections that develop because of treatment or from being in a healthcare setting. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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- Quality statement 1: Antimicrobial stewardship
- Quality statement 2: Organisational responsibility
- Quality statement 3: Hand decontamination
- Quality statement 4: Urinary catheters
- Quality statement 5: Vascular access devices
- Quality statement 6: Educating people about infection prevention and control
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Urinary tract infection (lower): antimicrobial prescribing (NG109)
This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for lower urinary tract infection (also called cystitis) in children, young people and adults who do not have a catheter. It aims to optimise antibiotic use and reduce antibiotic resistance.
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All NICE products on urinary tract infection. Includes any guidance, advice and quality standards.
Urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in women: management (NG123)
This guideline covers assessing and managing urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in women aged 18 and over. It also covers complications associated with mesh surgery for these conditions.
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing bladder cancer in people 18 and above referred from primary care with suspected bladder cancer, and those with newly diagnosed or recurrent bladder (urothelial carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, squamous-cell carcinoma or small-cell carcinoma) or urethral cancer.
This guideline was developed before the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers diagnosing and managing pneumonia in adults who do not have COVID-19. It aims to improve accurate assessment and diagnosis of pneumonia to help guide antibiotic prescribing and ensure that people receive the right treatment.
Urinary Tract Infection (recurrent): antimicrobial prescribing
In development [GID-NG10422] Expected publication date: 13 November 2024
Decision aid for recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) in postmenopausal women c NICE 2018. All rights...
UroShield for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (MTG69)
Evidence-based recommendations on UroShield for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
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This guideline covers assessing and treating bedwetting in people aged under 19. It aims to reduce bedwetting and the distress this causes by explaining what to ask in an assessment, what advice to provide, and which treatments are effective.
Cerebral palsy in under 25s: assessment and management (NG62)
This guideline covers diagnosing, assessing and managing cerebral palsy in children and young people from birth up to their 25th birthday. It aims to make sure they get the care and treatment they need for the developmental and clinical comorbidities associated with cerebral palsy, so that they can be as active and independent as possible.
This guideline covers identifying children, young people and adults with symptoms that could be caused by cancer. It outlines appropriate investigations in primary care, and selection of people to refer for a specialist opinion. It aims to help people understand what to expect if they have symptoms that may suggest cancer.
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strategies to reduce the risk of symptomatic urinary tract infections:- In people with neurogenic lower urinary...
This guideline covers when to offer and discuss caesarean birth, procedural aspects of the operation, and care after caesarean birth. It aims to improve the consistency and quality of care for women and pregnant people who are thinking about having a caesarean birth or have had a caesarean birth in the past and are now pregnant again.
Healthcare-associated infections: prevention and control in primary and community care (CG139)
This guideline covers preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections in children, young people and adults in primary and community care settings. It provides a blueprint for the infection prevention and control precautions that should be applied by everyone involved in delivering NHS care and treatment.
Dapagliflozin in combination therapy for treating type 2 diabetes (TA288)
Evidence-based recommendations on dapagliflozin (Forxiga) given with other drugs for treating type 2 diabetes in adults.
Antimicrobial stewardship: changing risk-related behaviours in the general population (NG63)
This guideline covers making people aware of how to correctly use antimicrobial medicines (including antibiotics) and the dangers associated with their overuse and misuse. It also includes measures to prevent and control infection that can stop people needing antimicrobials or spreading infection to others. It aims to change people’s behaviour to reduce antimicrobial resistance and the spread of resistant microbes.
Summary of the evidence on the antimicrobial prescribing of ceftolozane with tazobactam for hospital-acquired pneumonia, including ventilator-associated
Complicated intra-abdominal infections: ceftolozane/tazobactam (ESNM75)
Summary of the evidence on ceftolozane/tazobactam for treating complicated intra-abdominal infections to inform local NHS planning and decision-making
Urinary tract infection (lower). Patient decision aid on cystitis: taking an antibiotic
your gut getting into your bladder. Cystitis is also called lower urinary tract infection or UTI. Sometimes...
Early value assessment (EVA) guidance on point-of-care tests for urinary tract infections to improve antimicrobial prescribing....
This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for acute sore throat. It aims to limit antibiotic use and reduce antimicrobial resistance. Acute sore throat is often caused by a virus, lasts for about a week, and most people get better without antibiotics. Withholding antibiotics rarely leads to complications.
Reducing the chance of recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) in premenopausal women who are not pregnant...
Reducing incidence of Urinary Tract Infections by promoting hydration in care homes
how the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) reduced the incidence of Urinary Tract Infections by promoting hydration in local care homes....
Empagliflozin in combination therapy for treating type 2 diabetes (TA336)
Evidence-based recommendations on empagliflozin (Jardiance) in combination therapy for treating type 2 diabetes.
Fever in under 5s: assessment and initial management (NG143)
This guideline covers the assessment and early management of fever with no obvious cause in children aged under 5. It aims to improve clinical assessment and help healthcare professionals diagnose serious illness among young children who present with fever in primary and secondary care.
Recommendation ID CG139/3 Question Intermittent urinary catheters: catheter selection:- For patients performing intermittent...
Evidence-based recommendations on transurethral water vapour ablation for lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia in adults. This involves using heated water vapour to destroy some of the prostate tissue.
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Healthcare-associated infections: prevention and control in primary and community care (CG139) and the NICE Quality Standard 61 for...
Evidence-based recommendations on procalcitonin testing for diagnosing and monitoring sepsis (ADVIA Centaur BRAHMS PCT assay, BRAHMS PCT Sensitive Kryptor assay, Elecsys BRAHMS PCT assay, LIAISON BRAHMS PCT assay and VIDAS BRAHMS PCT assay)
Fetal cystoscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of lower urinary outflow tract obstruction (IPG205)
Evidence-based recommendations on fetal cystoscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of lower urinary outflow tract obstruction. This involves inserting a tube with a flexible camera through small cuts in the mother's abdomen to identify and open any blockage.
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This guideline covers identifying and caring for adults who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition in hospital or in their own home or a care home. It offers advice on how oral, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition support should be started, administered and stopped. It aims to support healthcare professionals identify malnourished people and help them to choose the most appropriate form of support.
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on URO17 for detecting bladder cancer .
This guideline covers preventing and treating surgical site infections in adults, young people and children who are having a surgical procedure involving a cut through the skin. It focuses on methods used before, during and after surgery to minimise the risk of infection.
This guideline covers the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer in secondary care, including information on the best way to diagnose and identify different stages of the disease, and how to manage adverse effects of treatment. It also includes recommendations on follow-up in primary care for people diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Mirabegron for treating symptoms of overactive bladder (TA290)
Evidence-based recommendations on mirabegron (Betmiga) for treating overactive bladder in adults.
This guideline covers care and treatment for people with, or at risk of, chronic kidney disease (CKD). It aims to prevent or delay the progression, and reduce the risk of complications and cardiovascular disease. It also covers managing anaemia and hyperphosphataemia associated with CKD.
Surgery for stress urinary incontinence Patient decision aid ? 1 c NICE 2019. All rights reserved. Subject to Notice of rights. Last...
fixation with sutures than after sacrocolpopexy with mesh. These are: stress urinary incontinence (leaking urine, especially during...
Memokath-028, 044 and 045 stents for urethral obstruction (MIB123)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on Memokath-028, 044 and 045 stents for urethral obstruction .
This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for acute pyelonephritis (upper urinary tract infection) in children, young people and adults who do not have a catheter. It aims to optimise antibiotic use and reduce antibiotic resistance.
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