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Test children’s urine before giving antibiotics for UTIs
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has updated its guidance for managing urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children.
The advice body suggests that healthcare professionals use dipstick urine tests to decide whether to give children antibiotics for suspected UTIs, assisting in the fight against antibiotic resistance, which can be caused by the misuse of medicine.
NICE says children between the age of three months and three years should not be given antibiotics if their dipstick test is negative. A dipstick test offers a quick and painless way to check a child’s urine for signs that their body is fighting an infection.
Gillian Leng, deputy chief executive of NICE, said: “These new recommendations will support GPs and healthcare professionals in deciding whether or not to prescribe an antibiotic. We need to ensure medicines are only used when needed, or risk a future where they will not work at all.”
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