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Microbiology Dept @nottmhospitals Passionate about delivering high quality microbiology & virology services for Nottinghamshire.
Joined July 2022
RT @MayoClinicINFD: Weekend Digest. Name the Pathogen. Five Clues.1. Foxes and coyote.2. Mimics malignancy.3. Irregular lesions without wel….
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RT @IBMScience: Today is #BiomedicalScienceDay2025.We’re recognising the Biomedical Scientists, Clinical Scientists and lab staff #BehindEv….
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Thank you for joining us on the urine bench today! 👋🏻 We hope this has given some insight into how the microbiology laboratory helps to diagnose UTIs and guide treatment, as well as how you can spot the signs and symptoms of UTIs and help to prevent them.
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⚠️🩺 If you are experiencing any UTI symptoms, please visit for further info, or speak to a pharmacist or your GP. Don’t delay, UTIs can lead to kidney infections or even sepsis if left untreated.
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Find out about urinary tract infections (UTIs), including what the symptoms are, when to get medical advice, how they're treated and what a chronic UTI is.
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You can help to prevent UTIs by:. 💧 Drinking plenty of water and staying hydrated. 🚽 Not holding in urine. 🧻 Wiping front to back after using the toilet.🧼 Keeping the genital area clean & dry.⏱️ Changing soiled nappies & incontinence pads promptly.
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💊 Not every UTI needs antibiotics. If needed, we test which ones will work to guide the right treatment and support antibiotic stewardship. Always finish your course of antibiotics, even if you feel better, to help protect us all from antimicrobial resistance.
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🦠 The most commonly identified causative organism of UTIs is Escherichia coli, which appears pink on chromogenic media. Other UTI associated organisms include Staphylococcus (appears cream/yellow), Enterococcus(appears blue/green), and Proteus species (appears brown).
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🧫 Positive samples are then cultured using chromogenic (colour-changing) plates to help identify bacteria by colour, as well as plates containing antibiotics to assess which antibiotics will work. These are incubated overnight and read the next day using our Mast UriPlus!
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🧪 Once accepted, urine samples go through our iQ200 Sprint analyser, which can detect white blood cells, red blood cells bacteria and skin cells present in urine, helping us to quickly identify positive samples for further investigation.
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🔬 When a urine sample arrives in the lab, we firstly check it is suitable for testing, checking the sample type, volume, labelling, container, and transport time. If the criteria are not met, the sample may be rejected to prevent inaccurate results.
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UTIs usually occur when bacteria from stool enter the urinary tract, causing symptoms including:. ❗️Pain or burning when urinating.❗️Frequent urination.❗️Cloudy and/or bloody urine.❗️Lower abdominal pain and/or lower back pain.❗️A high temperature.❗️Or a low temperature below 36C.
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A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection that affects any part of the urinary tract, including the bladder, urethra, kidneys, and ureters. UTIs can affect anyone but can be more common in women (especially during pregnancy), children, and the elderly.
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👋🏻 Welcome to the urines bench in the microbiology lab at NUH! 🦠. Today we will be showing you behind the scenes of one of the busiest benches in the lab, where we receive upwards of 500 samples a day, helping to diagnose infections of the urinary tract.
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RT @MayoClinicINFD: Weekend Digest. Name the Pathogen. Five Clues.1. Filamentous fungus with acute-angle branching septate hyphae.2. CNS tr….
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Thank you to everyone in our department working this bank holiday weekend and every bank holiday. As a 24/7 365 service our amazing staff are always around to support patients in and out of the hospital! 🥳🎉🙌.
This bank holiday, thank you to the biomedical scientists and laboratory staff who keep vital services running 24/7/365. While many take a well-earned break, you remain #AtTheHeartOfHealthcare - supporting diagnosis, treatment and patient care every single day.
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RT @MicroLukas: 🧵 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Burkholderia cepacia Complex (BCC). *Can* we test?. *Should* we test?. 👇.
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Today staff from our department were in @nottmhospitals canteen talking to staff and visitors for #healthcarescienceweek #hcs2025 about what we do and what happens to samples that come into the laboratory and how to become a Biomedical Scientist 🦠💊🧫🔬
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RT @NTUAppBiomed: #healthcarescienceweek #HCS2025 @NTUBIOSCIENCES @teachbiomed Partnering with Nottingham Hospitals Pathology to celebrate….
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RT @PathogenBank: This Gram-positive cocci is part of the normal flora of the human oropharynx and upper respiratory tract. Invasive disea….
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We’ve been a bit rubbish with antibiotic of the month updates recently, sorry! . We’ve had a little change however, we’ve now got a changeable title so it’ll be changing each month and we’ll also have bug of the months, test of the months, and more so stay tuned! 🦠🥼🧫🔬
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