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Hello, my classmate, I enjoyed reading your material, and I am delighted to be given a

chance to provide my commentary on the matter. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

(CAUTI) transpires when germs enter and affect the urinary tract through the urinary catheter.

This is brought about by unfortunate events such as the drainage bag of the catheter not being

emptied enough, causing contamination of bacteria to the area of skin contact (Flores et al.,2019).

I would enlighten patients in the hospitals to ensure that they only use catheter bags in extreme

necessity and have them removed as soon as they are no longer in need. Moreover, individuals

should wash the skin where the catheter enters their body with mild soap and warm water to

disinfect. Lastly, I recommend only adequately trained personnel should handle the catheter to

avoid mistakes that would lead to the Catheter-Associated Urinary Transmitted Infection (Gould

et al.,2017).

Recent research on Catheter-Associated Urinary Transmitted Infection treatment has shown that

antibiotics can be used for three days by female patients below 65 years; otherwise, seven days

can be prescribed when a quick response is identified. However, this diagnosis has side effects:

nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, and rashes. About a month ago, I witnessed an unfortunate case

whereby a patient suffering from CAUTI complained of vomiting and diarrhoea even though he

was taking his antibiotics treatment accordingly (Trautner & Morgan2020). The doctor later

explained that it is normal to have such symptoms when taking CAUTI antibiotics. I felt that the

healthcare givers handled the case stated above professionally. They constantly took care of the

patient offering emotional support, which led to quicker recovery from the infection.

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Flores-Mireles, A., Hreha, T. N., & Hunstad, D. A. (2019). Pathophysiology, treatment, and

prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection. Topics in spinal cord injury

rehabilitation, 25(3), 228-240.

https://meridian.allenpress.com/tscir/article/25/3/228/449299/Pathophysiology-Treatment-and-

Prevention-of

Gould, D., Gaze, S., Drey, N., & Cooper, T. (2017). Implementing clinical guidelines to prevent

catheter-associated urinary tract infections and improve catheter care in nursing homes:

systematic review. American journal of infection control, 45(5), 471-476.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0196655316309075

Trautner, B. W., & Morgan, D. J. (2020). Imprecision medicine: challenges in diagnosis,

treatment, and measuring quality for catheter-associated urinary tract infection. Clinical

Infectious Diseases, 71(9), e520-e522.

https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/71/9/e520/5824147?login=true