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

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 is an episode from Talk Evidence by The BMJ.

This episode is 38:11 long.

This episode was published on Feb 4, 2025.

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